How do you simplify 2x - 5 - 4x +8?

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Alan P.
Mar 7, 2018

2x-5-4x+8=color(red)(-2x+3)

Explanation:

Given
color(white)("XXX")2x-5-4x+8
Re-arrange to group terms with common variables
color(white)("XXX")=color(blue)(2x-4x)color(magenta)(-5+8)

color(white)("XXX")=color(blue)(-2x)color(magenta)(+3)

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