Simplifying Expressions

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What is simplifying expressions?

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Simplifying expressions means to combine like terms and perform operations to make an expression easier to understand or solve.

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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, 2x and 3x are like terms.

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Simplify the expression: 7 + 3(1 - 2x)

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10 - 6x

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What is the first step in simplifying an expression with parentheses?

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The first step is to apply the distributive property, which involves multiplying the term outside the parentheses by each term inside the parentheses.

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Simplify the expression: 9z - 21 - 3z + 10

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6z - 11

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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 the distributive property?

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The distributive property states that a(b + c) = ab + ac, meaning you can distribute a factor across terms inside parentheses.

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Add these expressions: (x + 5) + (2x + 10)

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3x + 15

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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: 1y - 2x - 3y + 4x

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-2y + 2x