Expression Is Equivalent

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What is an equivalent expression for 3(2y - 7)?

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6y - 21

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Are the expressions 9(y - 2) and 18 - 9y equivalent?

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Not equivalent

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If a bookstore offers $3 off each book and you buy 6 books, what is the expression for the total price if p is the price of each book?

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6(p - 3)

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What is equivalent to 8h + 7(2 + 4h)?

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36h + 14

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What is equivalent to 4(6x - 8)?

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24x - 32

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Define equivalent expressions in mathematics.

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Expressions that have the same value for all values of the variable.

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What does it mean to simplify an expression?

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

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What is the distributive property?

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a(b + c) = ab + ac, distributing a across the terms inside the parentheses.

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How do you combine like terms?

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By adding or subtracting the coefficients of terms that have the same variable raised to the same power.

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What is a variable in an expression?

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A symbol, often a letter, that represents a number in an expression.