When asked to rewrite the expression (x3 + 2x? – x)-(-x3 + 2x2 + 6), Denise made a mistake. She did not get the correct answer, 2x3 -x-6. Identify where she made her made her mistake.
Your answer
She started with the original problem: (x3 + 2x2 - x)-(-x3 + 2x2 + 6)
o She rewrote the problem without parentheses: x3+ 2x2 - x + x3 – 2x2 +6
She rearranged the terms to put the like terms together: x3+ x3 + 2x2 – 2x2-x+6
She combined like terms to get a simplified 2x3 - x + 6