Learn how to add two polynomials by combing terms with the same variable factors

The video tutorial explains how to add two polynomials by combining like terms. It emphasizes the importance of identifying terms with the same variable factors and combining their coefficients while keeping the variable factors unchanged. The tutorial provides a step-by-step demonstration of this process, resulting in a simplified polynomial expression.

What is the first step in adding two polynomials?

• Divide the terms

• Combine like terms

• Multiply the coefficients

• Subtract the constants

Which of the following terms can be combined?

• 3x and 3y

• 2y^2 and 5y^2

• 4x^2 and 4x

• 7 and 7x

How do you combine the terms 2y^2 and y^2?

• Divide the coefficients

• Add the coefficients

• Multiply the coefficients

• Subtract the coefficients

What is the result of combining -3y and 10y?

• 13y

• 7y

• -13y

• -7y

What is the sum of the constants 1 and 2 in the example?

• 3

• 4

• 2

• 1