Combining Like Terms and Distributive Property 2

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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 set of parentheses.

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How do you combine like terms?

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To combine like terms, you add or subtract the coefficients of terms that have the same variable raised to the same power.

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Simplify: -2(-6x - 8) - 3(x - 9)

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9x + 43

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Simplify: -6(m - 6) + 5(-8m - 3)

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-46m + 21

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Simplify: 7(-9n - 2)

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-63n - 14

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Simplify: 9(p - 3) - 8(6p - 2)

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-39p - 11

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Simplify: 2(b - 10) - 6(6b - 4)

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-34b + 4

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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.

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What is a coefficient?

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A coefficient is a numerical factor in a term. For example, in 4x, 4 is the coefficient.

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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.