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Please don't just tell the answer. I actually want to know how to do this. And problems that are similar to this.
(a + 2b + 3c) - (4a + 6b - 5c) is equivalent to:
asked Feb 9, 2013 in PRE-ALGEBRA by mathgirl Apprentice

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(a + 2b + 3c) - (4a + 6b - 5c)

Product of two different signs with negative.

a + 2b + 3c - 4a - 6b + 5c

(a - 4a) + (2b - 6b) + (3c + 5c)

(-3a) + (-4b)+ (8c).

Therefore -3a - 4b + 8c.

answered Feb 9, 2013 by britally Apprentice
Could you please explain me what properties used for simplifying the problem?
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(a + 2b + 3c) - (4a + 6b - 5c)

a + (2b + 3c) - 4a - 6b + 5c

 

Associative property of addition: a + b = b  + a

(2b + 3c) + a - 4a - 6b + 5c

 

Distributive property: ab - ac = a(b - c)

(2b + 3c) + a(1 - 4) - 6b + 5c

 

(2b + 3c) -3a - 6b + 5c

 

Similarly simplify other terms.

 

(-3a) + (-4b)+ (8c).

 

answered Feb 23, 2013 by steve Scholar

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