Question

How do you combine like terms in `(b - 6) - ( 2- 5b ) + ( b + 4)`?

Answer 1

You add them together.

Explanation:

`(b-6)-(2-5b)+(b+4)`

will turn into

`b - 6 - 2 + 5b + b + 4`

`6b - 8 + b + 4`

that will equal

`7b-4`