Simplify the following expression.

-2x - 2y + 5z - 2x - y + 3z

-x - 3y + 8z

-2x - 2y + 8z

-3y + 8z

--3y + 8z

-2x - 2y + 5z - 2x - y + 3z

its just a matter of combining like terms ...

-4x - 3y + 8z

To simplify the given equation, it is important to remember that we can only add and subtract like terms. We simplify as follows:

-2x - 2y + 5z - 2x - y + 3z

-4x - 3y + 8z

I guess the answer supposedly would be option 1 but the problem is that the expression lacks the coefficient term in the x term.