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Question 2
Simplify the following expressions by collecting like terms. The expressions contain both positive and negative terms. Take care over signs.
| (a) | \( 3x - 7 + 4x + 2\) | (b) | \( 7y + 3 - 9y - 8\) |
| (c) | \( 2x - 6 - 8x - 7\) | (d) | \( 12a - 3b - 7a + b - 4\) |
| (e) | \( 10x - 5 + 2x + 8 - 3x\) | (f) | \( 7x + 12 - 4x - 5 - 2x + 1\) |
| (g) | \( 8x - 8 + x - 6x + 10 + 4x\) | (h) | \( 7 - 10x + 5 + 6x - 8\) |
| (i) | \( 3x - 6 - 8x + 2x - 7 + 4x\) | (j) | \( 5y + 2x - 3 - 8y + 4x - 2y - 4\) |
| (k) | \( 2x - 3y + 5x - 4 +7y - 8\) | (l) | \( 4y - 3x + 8z - 3 - 2z + 5x - 8y - 9\) |