Simplifying Polynomial Expressions Combining Like Terms

–4d⁸ – 3 + 5d⁴– 8d⁸ + 7

• 4 + 5d⁴ - 12d⁸

• 4 + 5d⁴ - 4d⁸

• 4 - 5d⁴ - 12d⁸

2c – 12c³ – 5c⁴ + 7c + 10c⁴

• 9c – 12c³ + 5c⁴

• -9c – 12c³ + 5c⁴

• 9c + 12c³ + 5c⁴

9m³ + m + 2m² – 3m³

• m + 2m² - 6m³

• m + 2m² + 11m³

• m + 2m² + 6m³

Simplify the following expression:
-10x + 15 - 3x + 2

• 13x² + 17

• -13x² + 13

• -13x + 17

• -7x + 17

What are the like terms in the following expression? 4x² - 3x - 2x

• -3x, -2x

• 3x, 2x

• -3x, 2x

• All the terms in the expression are similar.

Which of these are like terms in the following expression:
3x - 9x + 2x²

• 7, 24y

• 3x, 9x

• 3x, -9x

• 3x, -9x, 2x²

These have the the same variable factor and can, therefore, be combined...

• Expressions

• Distributive Property

• Additive Inverse

• Like Terms

What are the like terms in the following algebraic expression?

• -3, 2, -5, 1, 3

• 5 and -2

• 5 and -2 , -3y and -5y, 2x and x

• 3x² and 2x and x

19p - 6p + p=

• p

• 13p

• 26p

• 14p

X+X+X+X+X

• X + 5 

• 5X

• X+X+X+X+X+5

• X to the 5th power