Question

Find the difference. (2g^2+3g-8)-(5g+1)

Answer 1

We can remove parenthesis if we change the sign of all terms in the second parenthesis (because we're subtracting it).

So, we have

$(2g^2+3g-8)-(5g+1) = 2g^2+3g-8-5g-1$

And now we simply have to aggregate like terms:

$2g^2-2g-9$