How do you simplify $(8n + 7) - ( 7n + 2)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-12-27T01:02:19

Use the distributive property

You can use the distributive property by distributing the negative into the $7n+2$ so that you would have an outcome of $-7n-2$ .

Next, you can collect like terms to come to a final answer of

$8n + 7 -7n-2 = n+5$ .

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