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7-6.
Write the expression shown on each of the Expression Mats below. Then simplify them by making zeros and combining like terms.
Notice that a grey tile and a white tile of the same value cancel each other out and make a zero. Circle around the positive x and the negative x tiles, with the tiles crossed out, labeled 0. A second circle around the positive unit and one of the negative unit tiles, with the tiles crossed out, labeled 0.
Now write an expression for the values that remain. A circle is added around the remaining 2 unit tiles.
See part (a).
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