Question

Simplify the following completely and show your work:  (7x + 4) - (2x + 9)

Answer 1

For this problem, we are given an expression with polynomials, and we need to simplify it.

The expression is:

`(7x+4)-(2x+9)`

We need to perform the subtraction between the two:

`\begin{gathered} 7x-2x+4-9\\ \\ 5x-5 \end{gathered}`

The simplified version is 5x-5.