Question

Subtract
(4a^3-7a^2)-(8a^3+1a^2)

Answer 1

subtract the coefficients of the like terms for example: (4-8)a^3

Answer 2

what steps did u take to get that?

Answer 3

distribute the negative sign through and then subtract the like terms

Answer 4

so you have -4a^3-7a^3-8a^3-a^3 then group the a^3 and a^2 terms like (-4-8)a^3+(-7-1)a^2

Answer 5

ok is that the end of it

Answer 6

just do the math inside the parenthesis (4-8)=-4

Answer 7

got it?

Answer 8

is that the last step