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What property can you use to combine two like terms to get a single term?
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∙ 11y ago
You don't use a 'property" to combine like terms, you use an "operation". To combine like terms, use the following operations:
Addition: 4x+3x=7x
Subtraction: 4x-3x=1x=x
Multiplication/Division:
4x = 2x + y
-2x + 4x = 2x + y -2x
2x = y
1/2 * 2x = y * 1/2
x = y/2
check: x,y=(10,20)
4*10 = 2*10+20
40 = 20+20
40 = 40 = true
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You are absolutely right! I stand corrected: But if the asker wants to know, it is the distributive property of like terms which makes combing them possible as illustrated in the examples, above. Thanks.
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You can use the distributive property to combine like terms.
For example, take 3x+5x. By using the distributive property, this is the same as x(3+5). Since 3+5=8, the sum of 3x and 5x is 8x.
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