Algebraic Expressions and Operations

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What is an algebraic expression?

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What does it mean to simplify an expression?

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To simplify an expression means to combine like terms and perform operations to make the expression as simple as possible.

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What is the distributive property?

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How do you solve for a variable in an equation?

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To solve for a variable, you isolate the variable on one side of the equation using inverse operations.

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What are like terms?

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The first step is to add 3 to both sides of the equation.

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What are inverse operations?

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Inverse operations are operations that reverse the effect of each other, such as addition and subtraction or multiplication and division.

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What does it mean to combine like terms?

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Combining like terms means to add or subtract coefficients of terms that have the same variable.

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What is the purpose of using parentheses in algebra?

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Parentheses indicate which operations should be performed first in an expression.