
### Instruction: help me answer this question 1. (a) What is the simplified form of the expression: 3*x - 5 - 4*x + 2?, think step by step
### Assistant: 1. (a) We need to combine the like terms and do the arithmetic operations on the unlike terms. So, after combining the like terms, we can simplify the expression. , The answer is 1. (a) The simplified form of the given expression is 3*x - 4*x - 5 + 2 = -x - 3.
