Equivalent Expressions

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What is an equivalent expression?

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An equivalent expression is an expression that has the same value as another expression, even though it may look different.

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Simplify: 7(2a + b)

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14a + 7b

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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. They can be combined by adding or subtracting their coefficients.

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Identify the like terms in the expression: -3x + x - 5 - 2 + 2x

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-3x, x, and 2x are like terms.

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Use the Distributive Property to solve: 5(x + 2) = ?

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5x + 10

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Simplify: 3(9 + 2d) + 4d

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27 + 10d

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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 two or more terms inside a set of parentheses.

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Simplify: -5y - 7 + 6 + 13y

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8y - 1

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What does it mean to simplify an expression?

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To simplify an expression means to combine like terms and perform any operations to reduce it to its simplest form.

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What is a coefficient?

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A coefficient is a numerical factor in a term of an algebraic expression. For example, in 4x, 4 is the coefficient.