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Adding and Subtracting Polynomials

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State

Polynomials add and subtract by combining like terms — terms with the same variable raised to the same power.

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(2x² + 3x) + (x² − 5x) collects to 3x² − 2x: the squares combine, the x-terms combine, and the two kinds never mix.

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Subtraction distributes its minus sign to every term behind it.

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