Question

How do you combine like terms in `5t + 8d - 2t - 3d`?

Answer 1

Join the like terms together with the operation going with the term.

Explanation:

So it's

`5t +8d -2t -3d`

Combining them in order is

`+5t -2t +8d -3d`

Completing the operations for only the letter-number combinations which match equals

`3t +5d`