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To add and subtract algebraic expressions:
1. Use the _ property to remove grouping symbols.
2. Identify _ terms.
3. Rewrite using properties of operations.
4. Simplify.

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To add and subtract algebraic expressions:

  1. Use the distributive property to remove grouping symbols.
  2. Identify like terms.
  3. Rewrite using properties of operations.
  4. Simplify.