Simplifying Expressions

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What is simplifying expressions?

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Simplifying expressions means to combine like terms and 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, 2x and 3x are like terms.

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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: -6(z - 1)

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-6z + 6

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Simplify the expression: 6 + 2(7x - 3)

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14x

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Which answer choice contains ALL like terms? -4x, 2x, 3x, -4x, 2, 3y, 4x^2, 2x, 14, 4x

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-4x, 2x, 3x

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Factor the expression: 5x + 15

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5(x + 3)

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

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6k + 5b

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What does it mean to factor an expression?

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Factoring an expression means to break it down into simpler terms that can be multiplied together to get the original expression.

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What is a coefficient?

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A coefficient is a number that is multiplied by a variable in an expression. For example, in 3x, 3 is the coefficient.