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Here's your shmoop du jour... extra crackers...free. Simplify: 5y plus 2z plus 3x squared minus

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the quantity 2y minus 2z plus 4x And here are the potential answers...

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OK so what is this question asking?

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Well, this one is really just a gnarly simplification problem. So... put on your simplifyin' pants.

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If we take them one by one, we have a positive 3x squared which we'll just leave as is

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-- not much we can do to simplify it.

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Which incidentally takes out D and E as options.

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So now distribute this negative sign and rewrite the problem and we have

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3x squared plus 5y plus 2z minus 2y PLUS 2z minus 4x.

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Now we can combine like terms to get 3x squared plus 3y plus 4z minus 4x...

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...so the answer is C.

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As in, "Can't believe it's not butter."

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