You know that two expressions are equivalent when if you substitute in your values and simply the expressions, they have the same answer.
Answer:
8
Step-by-step explanation:
5 ( x - 3 ) + 2x = 41
5x - 15 + 2x = 41
5x + 2x - 15 = 41
7x - 15 = 41
7x = 41 + 15
7x = 56
x = 56 / 7
x = 8
We can ad like terms basically
x^2 can be added to 2x^2 but not 3 or 2x^4
so we have
(x^3+x^2)+(2x^3-5x^2)
using associative and commutative property
remove the parenthaseese
x^3+x^2+2x^3-5x^2
and move them around so group the like terms
1x^3+2x^3+1x^2-5x^2
add
3x^3-4x^2
tada
