Question

(3x^2 + 3) - (6x + 4) + (3x^2 - 5x)

Answer 1

\[(3x ^{2}+3) - (6x+4) +(3x ^{2}-5x)\]
What is the first step you should do?

Answer 2

Add the exponents?

Answer 3

@mathmale

Answer 4

So, like 3x + 6x + 3x - 5x?

Answer 5

uh.. no

Answer 6

Oh :\

Answer 7

try distributing through the parenthesis

Answer 8

Can you help us out math? I got lost in my morning breakfast @mathmale

Answer 9

distributing through the parenthesis gives us :
3x^2 + 3 -6x - 4 + 3x^2 - 5x --- combine like terms
6x^2 - 11x - 1