6y - 8 + 2 simplify by combining like term​

Question

`6y - 8 + 2`
simplify by combining like term​

Answer 1

so it will end up at 6y-6

you need to combine everything that does not have an exponent (example. a, x, y) and you combine the ones that have exponents together. and therefore you get 6y-6 (remember positive and negative signs)