Simplifying Expressions

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What is the process of simplifying an expression?

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The process of simplifying an expression involves combining like terms and performing operations to reduce the 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, 3a and 5a are like terms.

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Simplify the expression: 3 - 2a + 3a + 5a

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6a + 3

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Simplify the expression: 5x - 6x - 8x + 7

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-9x + 7

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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 two or more terms inside a parenthesis.

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Simplify the expression: 6(7 + x) + 5x

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11x + 42

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

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6z - 11

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What is a coefficient in an algebraic expression?

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A coefficient is a numerical factor in a term of an algebraic expression. For example, in 4x, 4 is the coefficient.

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Simplify the expression: 3(2x + 1) + 2(x - 4)

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8x - 5