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OpenStudy (anonymous):

5n - 2 + n + 18?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

-6

OpenStudy (emmamink):

DO NOT JUST GIVE THE ANSWER!!!

OpenStudy (emmamink):

Ok, so out goal is to combine like terms to simplify. Let's circle like terms. |dw:1417549423981:dw| We can take 5n and n to make 6n. Now we can combine our real numbers. -2 and 18 makes 16. Now let's add them together and we get 5n + 16 as our simplified answer!

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