hope173828 hope173828
  • 08-05-2020
  • Mathematics
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Simplify by combining like terms:
5a + 2b - 3a + 4


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probablysharku
probablysharku probablysharku
  • 08-05-2020

Answer:

2a + 2b + 4

Step-by-step explanation:

5a + 2b + -3a + 4

5a + -3a

2a + 2b + 4

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TheBlueFox
TheBlueFox TheBlueFox
  • 08-05-2020

To simplify, we can only combine what are called our like terms.

In this problem, we just have

a pair of like terms in our a terms.

Let's start by combining our a terms.

5a - 3a simplifies to 2a.

So we have 2a + 2b + 4 which is our final answer.

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