Lesson 1 Subtracting

Front

What is the result of (-4x - 6) - (-2x - 3)?

Back

-2x - 3

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What is the result of (-9x + 6) - (7x - 4)?

Back

-16x + 10

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What is the result of (-8x + 2) - (2x + 2)?

Back

-10x

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What is the result of (-11x + 12) - (7x + 3)?

Back

-18x + 9

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What is the result of (12x + 3) - (-11x + 7)?

Back

23x - 4

Front

Define subtraction in algebra.

Back

Subtraction is the operation of finding the difference between two expressions.

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What is the distributive property?

Back

The distributive property states that a(b + c) = ab + ac.

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What does it mean to simplify an expression?

Back

To simplify an expression means to combine like terms and reduce it to its simplest form.

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What are like terms?

Back

Like terms are terms that have the same variable raised to the same power.

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What is the first step in subtracting polynomials?

Back

The first step is to distribute the negative sign across the second polynomial.