What is (-3x^2-11x + 13)-(18x^2 +19x-8)?

2 Answers
Feb 1, 2016

-21x^2-30x+21

Explanation:

This can be written as -3x^2-11x+13 +[ (-1)xx(18x^2+19x-8)]
-3x^2-11x+13+(-18x^2-19x+8)
(-3-18)x^2+(-11-19)x+(13+8)
-21x^2-30x+21

Feb 1, 2016

(-3x^2-11x+13)-(18x^2+19x-8)

Always remember that you must multiply your signs and write when subtracting:

rarr=(-3x^2-11x+13)-18x^2-19x+8

Remove brackets:

rarr-3x^2-11x+13-18x^2-19x+8

rarr-21x^2-11x+13-19x+8

rarr-21x^2-30x+13+8

rarr=-21x^2-30x+21 (Final answer)