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OpenStudy (anonymous):

How does 3x^2 + 12x + (-2x) + (-8) become 3x^2 - 10x - 8 when you combine them and then simplify?

OpenStudy (campbell_st):

it doesn't.... perhaps there is a type and its +(-12x) + 2x they are the incorrect terms..

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