How do you combine the like terms to make a simpler expression: $-4p+(-2)+2p+3$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-05T20:29:03

$-2p + 1$

$-4p + (-2) + 2p + 3$

Adding a negative number is the same thing as the negative number itself, so:
$-4p - 2 + 2p + 3$

Now you combine like terms:
$-4p + 2p = -2p$
$-2 + 3 = 1$

And when you put them together you get:
$-2p + 1$

How do you combine the like terms to make a simpler expression: -4p+(-2)+2p+3-4p+(-2)+2p+3?