How do you simplify $- 5 x + 4 - 9 x - 10$ $- 5x + 4- 9x - 10$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-11-18T03:00:46

$- 14 x - 6$ $-14x-6$

Identify and combine like terms

$- 5 x + 4 - 9 x - 10$ $color(red)(-5x)color(blue)(+4)color(red)(-9x)color(blue)(-10)$

$- 5 x - 9 x + 4 - 10$ $color(red)(-5x-9x)color(blue)(+4-10)$

$- 14 x - 6$ $color(red)(-14x)color(blue)(-6)$

How do you simplify −5x+4−9x−10 - 5x + 4- 9x - 10?