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No, 6ab and 4ba are not like terms. Like terms are terms that have the same variables raised to the same powers. In this case, the terms have the same variables, 'a' and 'b', but the order in which they appear is different. Therefore, they are not considered like terms in algebraic expressions.

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Oh, dude, like terms are terms that have the same variables raised to the same power. In this case, 6ab and 4ba are like terms because they both have the variables a and b raised to the first power. So yeah, they're like terms, but like, who even cares, right?

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3mo ago
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Yep! Because with a little rearrangement, this 4ba becomes 4ab. You can do this because, well, in multiplication this works. I mean, 2 x 3 is the same as 3 x 2 right? So to be like terms you have to have the same variables in both terms, and in both you have an a and a b being multiplied together- its just easier to see if you rearrange it (but not necessary)

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