Solving Equations - Combining Like Terms & Distributive Property

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What is the inverse operation of addition?

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Subtraction

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Combine Like Terms

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What does 'combining like terms' mean?

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It 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 is the distributive property?

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How do you isolate a variable in an equation?

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You perform inverse operations to get the variable by itself on one side of the equation.

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What is a coefficient in an algebraic expression?

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What is a constant in an algebraic expression?

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