Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}2x^2-3x+4-(8x^2-2x)& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}2x^2-3x+4-8x^2+2x \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}-6x^2-x+4\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Remove the parentheses by changing the sign of each term within them. $$ - \left( 8x^2-2x \right) = -8x^2+2x $$ |
| ② | Combine like terms: $$ \color{blue}{2x^2} \color{red}{-3x} +4 \color{blue}{-8x^2} + \color{red}{2x} = \color{blue}{-6x^2} \color{red}{-x} +4 $$ |