Simplifying Expressions

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What is simplifying expressions?

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Simplifying expressions involves combining like terms and reducing expressions to their 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, 3x and 5x are like terms.

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What is the first step in simplifying an expression?

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The first step is to identify and combine like terms.

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Simplify the expression: -3x + 14 - 11 + 11x

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8x + 3

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Simplify the expression: 3.75x - 5 - 8.75x + 4.5 + 0.5

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-5x

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Simplify the expression: -.8x + 40 - 8x - 35

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-8.8x + 5

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Simplify the expression: 7 - 9x - 15 + 12x

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3x - 8

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Simplify the expression: -2.4x + 3.8x - x

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0.4x

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What is the distributive property?

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The distributive property states that a(b + c) = ab + ac, allowing you to multiply a single term by two or more terms inside a set of parentheses.

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How do you apply the distributive property in simplifying expressions?

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You multiply the term outside the parentheses by each term inside the parentheses.