Combining Like Terms

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What does it mean to combine like terms?

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Combining like terms means to simplify an expression by adding or subtracting terms that have the same variable raised to the same power.

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What are like terms?

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Like terms are terms in an expression that have the same variable and exponent. For example, 3x and 5x are like terms.

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Simplify: x + 3x + 6x + x

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11x

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Simplify by combining like terms: -14w + 8 + 9w - 2

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-5w + 6

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Combine like terms to simplify the expression: 3r - 2r + 5

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r + 5

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Simplify the expression: 7v + 2 + 12 + 2v

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9v + 14

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What is the first step in combining like terms?

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Identify and group all like terms together.

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If an expression has no like terms, what can you do?

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If there are no like terms, the expression cannot be simplified further.

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