Answer
$-3a^{2} - 2b^{2}$
Work Step by Step
We first rewrite the order of the expression and then combine like terms to obtain:
$-2a^{2} + 3b^{2} - 5b^{2} - a^{2}$
$-2a^{2} - a^{2}+ 3b^{2} - 5b^{2}$
$-3a^{2} - 2b^{2}$
Elementary Algebra
by Kaufmann, Jerome; Schwitters, Karen;
Published by
Cengage Learning
ISBN 10:
1285194055
ISBN 13:
978-1-28519-405-9
Chapter 2 - Real Numbers - Chapter 2 Test - Page 90: 19
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