Question

how to simplify this problem
7x + 13 -9x -5

Answer 1

You need to add -9x+7x which is -2x and 13-5 is 8 so the answer is 6 because 8-2=6 or -2+8=6 :) hope this helped

Answer 2

Collect the like terms (7x - 9x) and (13-5) which equals -2x + 8

So the answer is -2x + 8