How do you combine like terms in #(x ^ { 2} + 3x - 1) + ( 5x ^ { 2} - 4x + 4)#?
2 Answers
Explanation:
Think of this as:
Multiply everything inside both brackets by
Collecting like terms:
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you would combine like terms with by finding terms that look alike and have the same exponents or coefficients.
Explanation:
x^2 would combine with 5x^2 becoming 6x^2
3x would combine with - 4x becoming -1x , the 4 is negative because it is behind a subtraction sign and 3 is positive because it is behind an addition sign.
Then you would combine -1 and 4 this would become 3
your final answer after combining like terms woule be
6x^2-1x+3