Simplifying Expressions

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What is simplifying an expression?

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Simplifying an expression means to reduce it to its simplest form by combining like terms and performing operations.

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What are like terms?

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Like terms are terms that have the same variable raised to the same power. For example, 3x and 5x are like terms.

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What is the distributive property?

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The distributive property states that a(b + c) = ab + ac. It allows you to multiply a single term by each term inside a parentheses.

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Simplify: 5(2 - 7n)

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10 - 35n

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What does it mean to combine like terms?

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Combining like terms means to add or subtract terms that have the same variable and exponent.

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Simplify the expression: 6 + 2(7x - 3)

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14x

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What is the result of combining 3x + 2x + 11y - 7y?

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5x + 4y

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True or False: u^3 and u^2 are like terms.

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False

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What is a coefficient?

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A coefficient is a number that is multiplied by a variable in an algebraic expression. For example, in 4x, 4 is the coefficient.

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What is a constant term?

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A constant term is a term that does not contain any variables. For example, in the expression 3x + 5, 5 is the constant term.