How do you combine like terms in #(- 2x - 6) + ( 3x - 7)#?

1 Answer
Mar 19, 2018

#x-13#

Explanation:

The parentheses are unnecessary, thus we have:

#-2x-6+3x-7#

We can combine our like terms, the terms with #x# and the terms with no variable, respectively. We get:

#-2x+3x-6-7#

Which is equal to

#x-13#