Combine Like Terms

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What are like terms?

Back

Terms with the same variables to the same power.

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Simplify the expression: 3 + 5x + 8 - 2x

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11 + 3x

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Simplify the expression: 3x + 8xy + 5 - 2xy

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6xy + 3x + 5

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Simplify the expression: 2x + 1 + 7x

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9x + 1

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Simplify the expression: -3x + 11y - 4x

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-7x + 11y

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What is the coefficient in the term 5x?

Back

5

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What is the constant term in the expression 4x + 7?

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7

Front

Combine like terms: 2a + 3a + 4b - 2b

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5a + 2b

Front

What does it mean to simplify an expression?

Back

To combine like terms and reduce the expression to its simplest form.

Front

What are unlike terms?

Back

Terms that have different variables or the same variables raised to different powers.