Question

(-4x^2-5x^3-2)-(8x^3+3x-9x^2)

Answer 1

hey eliza

Answer 2

Hey!

Answer 3

:)

Answer 4

what is the question?

Answer 5

I'm not sure how to find the difference of this

Answer 6

ok.

Answer 7

so lets think of it not as subtraction, but like distribution

Answer 8

ok

Answer 9

so you are distributing -1 to the second set of brackets

Answer 10

so everything positive is now negative and negative is positive

Answer 11

then, combine like terms

Answer 12

Ok. Only in the second set of brackets right?

Answer 13

yeah.

Answer 14

so it would be -8x^3-3x+9x^2

Answer 15

Ok got it.

Answer 16

ok.

Answer 17

now combine the two brackets like terms

Answer 18

do you know what that is?

Answer 19

One sec...

Answer 20

ok

Answer 21

5x^2-13x^3-3x-2

Answer 22

yep :)

Answer 23

Yay! Thank you!

Answer 24

yep