Question

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

Answer 1

`8x-5`

Explanation:

`"remove the brackets and collect like terms"`

`=color(red)(2x)color(blue)(-3)color(red)(+6x)color(blue)(-2)`

`=color(red)(2x+6x)color(blue)(-2-3)`

`=8x-5`

Answer 2

`8x-5`

Explanation:

We must add the `x` terms with each other, and the constants with each other. This can be rewritten as

`color(teelblue)(2x+6x)color(purple)(-3-2)`

This simplifies to

`8x-5`

Hope this helps!