The larger number is 56 because if you do 68-12=56
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Hello!</h2>
The answer is:

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Why?</h2>
To solve the problem we need to add/subtract like terms. We need to remember that like terms are the terms that share the same variable and the same exponent.
For example, we have:

We have that we were able to add just the terms that were sharing the same variable and exponenr (x for this case).
So, we are given the expression:

Hence, the answer is:

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