Evaluate (-6x^2-x)-(-4x^2+10x-1)

$(- 6 x^{2} - x) - (- 4 x^{2} + 10 x - 1)$

Step 1

Simplify each term.

Apply the distributive property.

$- 6 x^{2} - x - (- 4 x^{2}) - (10 x) - - 1$

Simplify.

Multiply $- 4$ by $- 1$ .

$- 6 x^{2} - x + 4 x^{2} - (10 x) - - 1$

Multiply $10$ by $- 1$ .

$- 6 x^{2} - x + 4 x^{2} - 10 x - - 1$

Multiply $- 1$ by $- 1$ .

$- 6 x^{2} - x + 4 x^{2} - 10 x + 1$

$- 6 x^{2} - x + 4 x^{2} - 10 x + 1$

$- 6 x^{2} - x + 4 x^{2} - 10 x + 1$

Step 2

Simplify by adding terms.

Add $- 6 x^{2}$ and $4 x^{2}$ .

$- 2 x^{2} - x - 10 x + 1$

Subtract $10 x$ from $- x$ .

$- 2 x^{2} - 11 x + 1$

$- 2 x^{2} - 11 x + 1$

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