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How do you simplify $2 b - 6 + 3 b - b$ $2b - 6 + 3b - b$ ?

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Sep 4, 2015

Gather like terms and add or subtract as necessary.

Explanation:

$2 b - 6 + 3 b - b$ $2b-6+3b-b$

Gather like terms.

$2 b + 3 b - b - 6$ $2b+3b-b-6$

Simplify like terms.

$4 b - 6$ $4b-6$

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