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Grade 12th passAlgebra

Subtract
–m2 + 5mn from 4m2 – 3mn + 8
Subtract
–m2 + 5mn from 4m2 – 3mn + 8

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5 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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5 Years ago
Dear Student

When term have the same algebraic factors, they are like terms.
Then, we have to subtract the like terms
= 4m2 –3mn + 8–(- m2 + 5mn)
= 4m2 –3mn + 8 + m2 - 5mn
= 4m2 + m2 –3mn - 5mn + 8
= 3m2 - 8mn + 8

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