Question

How do you combine like terms in `8b + 7b - 3b - 7b`?

Answer 1

Combine the positive terms and Combine the negative terms and find the algebraic sum of the terms

Explanation:

All the terms have the same variable b so that they can be combined.

`8b + 7b = 15b`

`-3b - 7b = -10b`

`+15b - 10 b = + 5b`