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An operations manager calculates the difference between an efficiency model E(x)E(x) and a waste model W(x)W(x). To correctly evaluate (EW)(x)=E(x)W(x)(E - W)(x) = E(x) - W(x), the manager substitutes the polynomial expressions and then must carefully distribute the ____ sign across the second polynomial before combining like terms.

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