Adding Linear Expressions

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Simplify the expression: -5(x + 4)

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-5x - 20

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Find the sum: 2(x + 3) + 3(3x - 2)

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11x

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

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9v + 14

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Simplify the expression: (3x + 5) + (2x + 1)

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5x + 6

Front

Find the sum: (6 - k) + (4k + 1)

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3k + 7

Front

What is a linear expression?

Back

An expression that can be written in the form ax + b, where a and b are constants.

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What does it mean to simplify an expression?

Back

To combine like terms and reduce the expression to its simplest form.

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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; it allows you to multiply a term by a sum.

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How do you combine like terms?

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Add or subtract the coefficients of the like terms.