Simplifying Expressions

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What is simplifying expressions?

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Simplifying expressions involves combining like terms and using mathematical operations to reduce an expression to its simplest form.

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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, 3b and 5b are like terms.

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How do you combine like terms?

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To combine like terms, add or subtract their coefficients while keeping the variable part the same. For example, 3b + 5b = 8b.

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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 parenthesis.

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Simplify the expression: 4b + 9 + 3b – 5b – 5 + b

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3b + 4

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Simplify the expression: a + a + g + k + a + b + g + h + b + g – h

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None of the above

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Simplify the expression: 2k + 3b + 4k + 2b

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6k + 5b

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Simplify the expression: 8p + 2p – 3p + p – 7p

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p

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Simplify the expression using the distributive property: 3(4c + 2a)

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12c + 6a

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What is a coefficient in an expression?

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A coefficient is a numerical factor that multiplies a variable. For example, in 5b, 5 is the coefficient.