Combining Like Terms and Distributive Property

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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, while 3x and 4y are not.

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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. For example, in the expression 2x + 3x, you can combine them to get 5x.

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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: 4x + 3x - 2x

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5x

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Simplify: 7y - 2y + 4

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5y + 4

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

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a + 3b + 5

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Which terms can be combined in: 5m + 3n - 2m + 4?

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5m and -2m can be combined.

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Simplify: 6(2x + 3)

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12x + 18

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What is the result of combining like terms in: 8p - 3p + 2?

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5p + 2

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Combine like terms: 10x + 4 - 2x + 6

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8x + 10