Well to do scientific notation u have to use 10 then an exponent example: 2.9867 x 10^10= 29,867,000,000 so u need exponents to do scientific notation.
</span></span></span>Combine Like Terms:<span>=<span><span><span><span>8.9x</span>+<span>−5</span></span>+<span>−<span>6.8x</span></span></span>+8</span></span><span>=<span><span>(<span><span>8.9x</span>+<span>−<span>6.8x</span></span></span>)</span>+<span>(<span><span>−5</span>+8</span>)</span></span></span><span>=<span><span>2.1x</span>+<span>3
The simplified answer is </span></span></span><span><span>2.1x</span>+<span>3</span></span>
