How do you simplify $(3x − 5) − (4x + 6)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-07-09T22:22:16

$-x - 11$

First, distributive the negative sign to the $4x$ and $6$ :
$3x - 5 - 4x - 6$

Color-code like terms:
$color(red)(3x) quadcolor(blue)(-quad5) quadcolor(red)(-quad4x) quadcolor(blue)(-quad6)$

Combine like terms:
$-x - 11$

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