How do you simplify $12 m + 9 - 2 m - 16$ $12m + 9 - 2m - 16$ ?

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How do you simplify $12 m + 9 - 2 m - 16$ $12m + 9 - 2m - 16$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-09-20T22:31:58

10m-7

Explanation:

Apples with apples, oranges with oranges.
Here the apples are $m$ $m$ and the oranges are the "numbers".
Group the $m$ $m$ together and the numbers together
$12 m + 9 - 2 m - 16 = 12 m - 2 m + 9 - 16$ $12m+9-2m-16=12m -2m +9 -16$
then perform calculation:
$= 10 m - 7$ $=10m-7$

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