00:01
I know this is simplified, but what we're really doing is we're trying to combine like terms.
00:06
So what that means is they need to be the same variable and the same exponent.
00:24
So if we start with the letter a, i'm looking at a 3x plus 9x is 12x, plus 7x is 19x, minus 3x takes me to 16x.
00:36
Now i'm seeing 4y minus 1y is 3y minus 7y would take me to negative 4y and that's it for that first one.
00:47
I don't know if you need to see more work but that's what i'm combining together.
00:51
So the next one i'm seeing i liked with the largest exponent there's nothing like with negative 7x cubed or the 6x squared.
00:59
If i see a negative 5x and negative 8x that's negative 13x plus 1.
01:06
So so notice they don't have the same variable, same exponent.
01:09
You cannot combine them together.
01:11
Now the next one you have to distribute first.
01:16
Minus 6x minus 3y plus 3x minus 6y...