Translating Expressions & Combining Like Terms

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Simplify the expression: 2x + 1 + 7x

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9x + 1

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Simplify the expression: -4(-4d - 5)

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16d + 20

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Simplify the expression: -10x + 15 - 3x + 2

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-13x + 17

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What word phrase can you use to represent "5x + 2"?

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the sum of five times a number x and two

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Translate: w increased by 5

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w + 5

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What are like terms?

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

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What is the distributive property?

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a(b + c) = ab + ac

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How do you combine like terms?

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Add or subtract the coefficients of the terms with the same variable.

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What is a coefficient?

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A numerical factor in a term of an algebraic expression.

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What does it mean to simplify an expression?

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To reduce it to its simplest form by combining like terms.