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, 3a and 5a 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: 4a + 3b

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4a + 3b (This expression is already in its simplest form).

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Which expression is equivalent to 12a + 9b?

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3(4a + 3b) is equivalent to 12a + 9b.

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What does it mean to combine like terms?

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Combining like terms means to add or subtract coefficients of like terms to simplify an expression.

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Simplify: x + x + x + y + y + y

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3x + 3y.

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What is the result of 45e + 12 + 6e - 8?

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51e + 4.

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Which expression is equivalent to 6n + 12?

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5n + 9 + n + 3.

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What is a coefficient?

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A coefficient is a numerical factor in a term. For example, in 4a, 4 is the coefficient.