Perimeter & Area with Polynomials/Two-Step Eqs

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What is the formula for the perimeter of a rectangle?

Back

Perimeter = 2(length + width)

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What is the formula for the area of a rectangle?

Back

Area = length × width

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What does it mean to simplify an expression?

Back

To reduce an expression to its simplest form by combining like terms.

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What is a polynomial?

Back

A mathematical expression that consists of variables, coefficients, and exponents, combined using addition, subtraction, and multiplication.

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What is the degree of a polynomial?

Back

The highest power of the variable in the polynomial.

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How do you solve a two-step equation?

Back

Isolate the variable by performing inverse operations in two steps.

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What is the distributive property?

Back

a(b + c) = ab + ac, distributing a across the terms in parentheses.

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What is a like term?

Back

Terms that have the same variable raised to the same power.

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What is the difference between perimeter and area?

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Perimeter is the distance around a shape, while area is the space contained within a shape.

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How do you find the area of a triangle?

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Area = 1/2(base × height)