Combining Like Terms

• 13x

• x

• -13x

• -x

• -3x

• -9 + 6x

• -10x + 13

• 10x + -13

• 6x

• 2x

• -6x

• -2x

• 8x

• 2x

• -8x

• -2x

Simplify the expression by COMBINING LIKE TERMS.

Mathematical Equivalence

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Nicholas's teacher gave him the final expression "7x+5" and asked him to match this with two correct original expressions given in the list below .Which two original expressions simplify to 7x+5 ?

• 2x + 1+ 5x + 4

• 10x + 2 - 3x + 3

• x +2 + 4x + 5

• 2x+ 3+ 3x + 4

Nicholas's teacher gave him the final expression "7x+5" and asked him to match this with two correct original expressions given in the list below. Which two original expressions simplify to 7x+5?

• 2x + 1+ 5x + 4

• 10x + 2 - 3x + 3

• x +2 + 4x + 5

• 2x+ 3+ 3x + 4

To combine like terms in an expression, the terms must have the same ​ ​ (a)   and ​ (b)  

• variable

• exponent

• constant

• coefficients

• coefficient

Mrs. Salpietro has 8x+7 feet of rope for a project she is making. But she needs another 15 feet still. How much rope will she have total for her project?

• 8x+22 feet

• 23x + 7 feet

• 30x feet

• 30 feet

• 17x

• x

• -17x

• -x