Five friends all brought some cakes with them when they met. Each of them gave a cake to each of the others. They then ate all the cakes they had just been given. As a result, the total number of cakes they had between them decreased by half. How many cakes did the five friends have at the start?

Which polynomial correctly combines the like terms and expresses the given polynomial in standard form? 8mn5 – 2m6 + 5m2n4 – m3n3 + n6 – 4m6 + 9m2n4 – mn5 – 4m3n3 n6 + 7mn5 + 14m2n4 – 5m3n3 – 6m6 –2m6 – 5m3n3 + 14m2n4 + 7mn5 + n6 14m2n4 + 7mn5 – 6m6 – 5m3n3 + n6 n6 – 6m6 + 7mn5 + 14m2n4 – 5m3n3 show work