Q:

Subtract these polynomials?

Accepted Solution

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Answer:-2x^2+6x+6Step-by-step explanation:First, you need to understand you can combine terms if they have the same degree variable.  Or in other words if there is a number with x^2 next to it you can add or subtract any other number with an x^2 next to it.  But you cannot if it has any other variable, so if it is brought to a different power oe it's a different letter or symbol.Next, when you have a minus sign outside of a set of prenthesis like this you actually distriite it, or in other words it changes the signs  of everything inside the parenthesis.  So -(4x^2-2x-3) will also equal -4x^2+2x+3.So now this leaves us with 2x^2+4x+3-4x^2+2x+3.  We can rearrange it to make thing easier, basically getting everything witht he same variable together.  so 2x^2-4x^2+4x+2x+3+3 and from there we can easily combine everything   So for instance you take 2x^2-4x^2 and perform the subtraction to get -2x^2 and do that with the rest.