Add the like terms: - 3ab+-10a+-8a

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Braylen Sosa

Mathematics

15 January, 00:07

Add the like terms: - 3ab+-10a+-8a

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Dominique Morgan · Answer 1

Check below! : D Answer is - 3ab-18a.

Cayden Spencer · Answer 2

-10a and - 8a are like terms, but - 3ab is not equivalent. With the two a terms, we have:

-10a-8a

a (-10-8)

-18a

We then add in the other term (-3ab) for a final result of - 3ab+-18a. This can be factored alternatively as - 3a (b+6).