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Grade 12th passAlgebra

Subtract
– x2 + 10x – 5 from 5x – 1
Subtract
– x2 + 10x – 5 from 5x – 1

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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
= 5x–10–(-x2 + 10x - 5)
=5x–10 + x2 –10x + 5
= x2 + 5x–10x–10 + 5
= x2 –5x - 5

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