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Grade 127 grade maths

Simplify combining like terms:
21b – 32 + 7b – 20b
Simplify combining like terms:
21b – 32 + 7b – 20b

Profile image of Pawan Prajapati
5 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Harshit Singh
5 Years ago
Dear Student

When term have the same algebraic factors, they are like terms.
Then,
= (21b + 7b–20b)–32
= b (21 + 7–20)–32
= b (28 - 20)–32
= b (8) - 32
= 8b - 32

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