Simplify (2a^2+4a^3)-(3a^3+8)

$(2 a^{2} + 4 a^{3}) - (3 a^{3} + 8)$

Step 1

Simplify each term.

Apply the distributive property.

$2 a^{2} + 4 a^{3} - (3 a^{3}) - 1 \cdot 8$

Multiply $3$ by $- 1$ .

$2 a^{2} + 4 a^{3} - 3 a^{3} - 1 \cdot 8$

Multiply $- 1$ by $8$ .

$2 a^{2} + 4 a^{3} - 3 a^{3} - 8$

$2 a^{2} + 4 a^{3} - 3 a^{3} - 8$

Step 2

Simplify by adding terms.

Subtract $3 a^{3}$ from $4 a^{3}$ .

$2 a^{2} + a^{3} - 8$

Reorder $2 a^{2}$ and $a^{3}$ .

$a^{3} + 2 a^{2} - 8$

$a^{3} + 2 a^{2} - 8$

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