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Exercise 5
1) Simplify each of these calculations as much as you can.
a) (5a + 3b) + (a - 2b) + (3a + 5b) =

b) (8x-3y+7z) + (-4x+5y- 4z) + (-x-y- 2z)=

c) (3b - 7c+ 10) + (5c-2b-15) + (15+ 12c + b) =

d) (9x-6y-7z) + (5x+2y) + (3z + 5y + x) =

e) (a-3b+ 3) + (2a + 5 - 3c) + (6c - 15 + 6b) =

f) (13ab - 9cd-xy) + 5xy + (15cd - 7ab) + (6xy - 3cd) =

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g) (x³- x2y+5xy²+ y³) + (-x³- 9xy²+ y³) + (3x²y + 9xy²) =

2 3 5 3 1
h) ( x² + xy + y² ) + ( x² - xy + 2y²) + (4xy - 2x² - y²) =
3 2 6 2 2

5 7 5 2
i) ( - x² + ab) + (3ab + 2 - x²) + (5 - x²) =
6 9 9 3

2)Simplify each of these calculations as much as you can.

a) 3xy2- 4xy2 =

b) 8x2y-(-2x2y + 3xy2) =

c) (7a-3b+c-2d) – (3a-5b + c + d) =

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d) (4a +6b - 2c ) - ( a – b - 2c) =

e)(3x3- x2 + 6) - (x3- 4x - 1) =

f) (a3- 3a² + 4a + 1) - (6a + 3) =

g) (3abc+5bcd-cda) - (cab - 4cad - cdb) =

h) (4a2 - 3ab + 2b2) - ( a2 + ab + b²) =

i) ( -4x2 + 5x – 6 ) - ( 4x² - 5x + 6) =

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j) (6a + 8b + 9c ) – [(2b - 3a - 6c) - (c-b+3a)] =

k) (m²+m+1)-[(-m² + 3m+6) + (m² + m + 4)] =

l) (6y2 + y -2) - [(5y²+y-3) + (y² - 3y+7)] =

m) (ab - 4bc +7cd)-[(6ab + 3bc- cd) - (15ab-bc + 8cd)] =

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