Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}6+m^3+m-3m^2+7m+11-6m+m^2& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}6+m^3+m-3m^2+m^2+m+11 \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}m^3-2m^2+2m+17\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Combine like terms: $$ \color{blue}{7m} +11 \color{blue}{-6m} +m^2 = m^2+ \color{blue}{m} +11 $$ |
| ② | Combine like terms: $$ \color{blue}{6} +m^3+ \color{red}{m} \color{green}{-3m^2} + \color{green}{m^2} + \color{red}{m} + \color{blue}{11} = m^3 \color{green}{-2m^2} + \color{red}{2m} + \color{blue}{17} $$ |