Question

Please help me need to revise for a testtt!!!!

Answer 1

You need to collect the like terms (aka the letters) so 3a-5a goes together to give -2a and 2w-9w which gives -7w so the answer is -2a-7w

Answer 2

Remember you can add like terms exg, 3y+4y=7y 3y^2+4y^2=7y^2, but cannot add 3y^2 and 4y, or 3 and 4y so

3a+2w-5a-9w
group like trems
3a-5a+2w-9w
subtract
-2a-7w


3y^2+2w^2-y^2-w^2
group like terms (think of w^2 and y^2 as 1w^2 and 1y^2)
3y^2-y^2+2w^2-w^2
subtract
2y^2+w^2

2x+2x=4x