Simplify: (-8x – 6y – 11) + (4x + 6y – 5).
Note
Combine only like terms. The x-coefficients give -8 + (4) = -4; the y-coefficients give -6 + (6) = 0; constants give -11 + (-5) = -16. Therefore the simplified expression is -4x - 16.
Simplify: (-8x – 6y – 11) + (4x + 6y – 5).
Combine only like terms. The x-coefficients give -8 + (4) = -4; the y-coefficients give -6 + (6) = 0; constants give -11 + (-5) = -16. Therefore the simplified expression is -4x - 16.