Adding Linear Expressions

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What is the sum of (3x + 5) + (2x + 1)?

Back

5x + 6

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What is the sum of (−x + 8) + (−5x − 1)?

Back

−6x + 7

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What is the sum of (-m + 3) + (7m – 1)?

Back

6m + 2

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What is the sum of 2(x + 3) + (3x - 2)?

Back

5x + 4

Front

What is the sum of (3d - 5) + (d + 3)?

Back

4d - 2

Front

Define a linear expression.

Back

A linear expression is an algebraic expression in which each term is either a constant or the product of a constant and a single variable.

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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 is the coefficient in the expression 4x + 7?

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The coefficient is 4, which is the number multiplying the variable x.

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What is the constant term in the expression 5x - 3?

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The constant term is -3, which does not contain any variables.

Front

How do you simplify the expression 2x + 3x?

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You combine like terms to get 5x.