How do you identify the positives and negatives when you combine like terms? Like 3y+5y-7+8n or something like that

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asked Dec 14, 2017 143k views

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Mcot · Answer 1 · 2017-12-21T04:22:45+0000

The sign is attached to the number behind it
So the - goes with the 7
If, like the first one 3y, have no sign it means positive