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How would you start this problem?
What is the value of the expression 2√b̅ + ∛d̅ when b=4 and d=8?

• Type 2√b̅ + ∛d̅ into the calculator.
• Substitute the letters with numbers using (parentheses).
• Rewrite the expressions in words.
• I'm not sure how to do this.

How would you start this problem? Evaluate the expression -6|-2x+10|+y for x=-7 and y=3

• Substitute the letters with numbers using (parentheses).
• Type -6|-2x+10|+y into the calculator.
• Rewrite the expressions in words.
• I'm not sure how to do this.

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Are -2x and 3y "like terms"? Why or why not?

• Type -2x and 3y into the calculator.
• Substitute the letters with any numbers I want.
• Explain my answer.
• Write "yes" or "no" AND explain my answer

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Simplify the expression: 16x−5x+8y

• Combine the like terms.
• Substitute the letters with any numbers I want.
• Type 16x−5x+8y into the calculator. 
• I do not understand how to do this.

How would you start this problem?
Write an equivalent expression to 5(2x−1)+4 in simplest form.

• Distribute then combine the like terms.
• Type 5(2x−1)+4 into the calculator.
• Substitute the letters with any numbers I want.
• I do not understand how to do this.

How would you start this problem?
Simplify the expression: 7−(6x+4)

• Distribute the 7, then combine the like terms.
• Distribute the (-), then combine the like terms.
• Distribute only
• I do not understand how to do this.

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Simplify the expression: 4−12x+9

• Combine like terms.
• Subtract 9 on both sides.
• Solve 4−12+9
• I do not understand how to do this.

How would you start this problem?
Translate the expression: the difference of two times a number and five

• Combine like terms.
• Write the words as numbers and math symbols
• Subtract 2 and 5
• I do not understand how to do this.

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What value of x makes the following equation true?
7x + 2 = 16

• Combine like terms.
• Divide by 7 on both sides.
• Subtract 2 from both sides.
• I do not understand how to do this.

How would you start this problem?
Which is the solution to the following equation?

• Combine like terms.
• Subtract 7x on both sides.
• Subtract 2 from both sides.
• I do not understand how to do this.