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Like Terms can be anywhere from the extreme original to the mind-boggling ones.
All like terms are, are terms with the same coefficient.
For example, in the numbers ( [8]x^2 + [14]x^2 ), the numbers indicated or
surrounded by brackets are the coefficients.
Combining these Like coefficients is simple as addition. 8 + 14 = 16. 8x^2 + 14x^2
= 16x^2. There's your example ^.^
*Note* The variables, ( The "X's" in this case ) Should never be added, multiplyed,
Subtracted or divided. Only Coefficients can do as such!
I hope I helped much :). Good Luck! ~WonX~
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-4x plus 5x combining like terms?
That equals x.
When you combine like terms you are able to?
There is nothing that you can do when you combine like terms that you cannot do without combining them. Some procedures might be easier, though, if like terms are combined.
The answer to a combining like terms -6k plus 7k?
-6k + 7k = k
Is combining like terms much harder to do when the coefficients and constant terms are not integers?
The answer depends on how fluently you can work with fractions.
What does a commutative property have to do with combining like terms?
When you have an expression consisting of several terms added together, and they are not all like terms, and there are like terms separated by unlike terms, you use the commutative law of addition to rearrange the terms so that the like terms are next to each other.
