assuming simplify then get rid of parenthasees by assuming that there is a 1 in front of each, so multply by 1 and get rid of partenthasees so 5p^2-3+2p^2-3p^3 add like terms 7p^2-3p^3-3 normally ordered with biggest exponenst to the left from left to right decending so -3p^3+7p^2-3