combining like terms & distributive property

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What is the distributive property?

Back

The distributive property states that a(b + c) = ab + ac. It allows you to multiply a single term by two or more terms inside a set of parentheses.

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Simplify: (b + 8)5

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5b + 40

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Combine like terms: n - 10 + 9n - 3

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10n - 13

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Simplify: 10(8 - 2x)

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80 - 20x

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Combine like terms: -r - 10r

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-11r

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Combine like terms: 5a + 2b - 3a + 4

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2a + 2b + 4

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What are like terms?

Back

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 first step in combining like terms?

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Identify and group all like terms together.

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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 any operations to reduce it to its simplest form.

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What is the result of 3(x + 4)?

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3x + 12