How do you combine like terms in $m-8m+8m+2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-04-04T19:12:05

The answer is $m+2$

You are basically combining like terms. Think of $m$ as apples.

You have $-8$ apples $+ 8$ apples, therefore that would equal $0$ .

You have still one apple left and $2$ , so

$m+2$

You can only add and subtract like things, e.i you can't add $2$ apples to $5$ oranges and say you have $7$ oranges, that's impossible.

This is the same concept.

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