How do you simplify #-6k+7k#?
1 Answer
Oct 18, 2016
Explanation:
The first rule with addition in algebra is that you can only add like terms.
In this case both terms have the variable
There is a negative term and a positive term. The number of positives is more than the number of negatives. The answer will therefore be positive.
This gives
The answer is
This can also be written in expanded form as:
Regrouping gives:
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