Question

(−7x 2 −4)+(−7x 2 −6x−2)

Answer 1

-20

Explanation:

( − 7   ^ 2  −  4 )  +  ( − 7   ^ 2  −  6  − 2 )

Eliminate the redundant parentheses, subtract the numbers which will get you, combine like terms, rearrange terms, then your solution is:

− 1 4 2 −6 −6

Figure that problem out then you will get -20.

Answer 2

Answer:

−14x^2 − 6x - 6

Step-by-step explanation:

(−7x 2 −4)+(−7x 2 −6x−2) should be written as (−7x^2 −4) + (−7x^2 −6x−2).  The " ^ " symbol denotes exponentiation.  7x^2 means "7 times the square of x."  We can immediately remove the parentheses, obtaining:

−7x^2 −4 −7x^2 − 6x − 2

Our next step is to combine like terms.  For example, -7x^2 appears twice, with the same (negative) sign; summing these up results in -14x^2.

Immediately after doing that, we have:

−14x^2 −4 − 6x − 2

and need to combine the constants -4 and -2:

−14x^2 −6 − 6x

Finally, we write these terms in descending powers of x:

−14x^2 − 6x - 6