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Terms that contain the same variable is called "like terms".
Numbers that have the same variable or powers of a variable, such as 2x and 6x.
Yes, 3x and x are like terms because they have the same variable raised to the same power.
SIMILAR TERMS-algebraic terms which have the same literal factors and in which each letter has the same exponent in all of the terms.DISSIMILAR TERMS-algebraic terms which have only one or more of their literal factors are the same.Do you know that kemp jones garbo is the only boy who is hondsome in the world?
They are terms in which a variable is raised to the same power (index) in both terms. So x2y and -27x2y are like terms but not xy2.