Evaluating Algebraic Expressions

What is an algebraic expression?

• a letter or a symbol used to represent an unknown value

• an expression that contains numbers, operations, and one or more variables

• a specific number whose values does not change

Evaluate the expression when x =2:

3x + 8

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Evaluate the expression when x = 8:

2x + x - 10

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Evaluate the expression when x = 3. 
2x² - 5

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Evaluate the expression when g = 3 and h = 9:

4h + 2g + 4

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Evaluate the expression when a = 3, b = 4, and c = -6:

bc + 5a

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• -38

• -9

Evaluate the expression when x = -1 and y = 3:

x² + y² + x - y

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Evaluate the expression when a = 4 and b = -2:

a² - b²

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• -4

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Evaluate the expression when a = -15:

|a - 5| + 2

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• -18

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2y

when y = 8

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