Simplify -3p 3 + 5p + (-2p 2) + (-4) - 12p + 5 - (-8p 3). select the answer in descending powers of p.

a. 1 - 7p - 2p2 + 5p3
b. 5p3 - 2p2 - 7p + 1
c. 1 + 7p + 2p2 - 5p3
d. -5p3 + 2p2 + 7p + 1

the mistake in the pattern is that :

b. the decimal point was moved one too many place values each time

the correct pattern could be made by :

b. moving the decimal point to the right the same numbers of place values as the exponents

c: lkllmn.

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