"Combine like terms" means you have to join 2 or more similar terms into one term. Doing this can simplify an equation or expression. For example,
10x+3+7x
10x and 7x are like terms. Therefore, the coefficients 10 and 7 can be added together. So:
10x+3+7x=17x+3
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∙ 13y agoIn any terms it is a combining form meaning 'three'
If you have a expression that goes; 2x + 5x etc etc Simplifying the like terms is 7x 2x and 5x are like terms, but 2y and 2x are not. The variable needs to be the same.
If you mean: 4+5z+3-8 then it is 5z-1
It means to rewrite the expression so that it is in its simplest form. You can do this by combining like terms. For example: The equation 2x + 3x = 5 can be simplified to 5x = 5 by combining the "x's".
That equals x.
In Math combining like terms is like so if the equation is 4a+4=2a you combined the 4 and the 5 because they are both A
In any terms it is a combining form meaning 'three'
If you have a expression that goes; 2x + 5x etc etc Simplifying the like terms is 7x 2x and 5x are like terms, but 2y and 2x are not. The variable needs to be the same.
Like Terms and Variables
When combining like terms like 2x+3x we add their coeffitients, for example 2x+3x=(2+3)x=5x
no, combining like terms means combine the terms that are the same 15+x+6+x=28 combine like terms 21+2x=28 2x=7 x=3.5
If you mean: 4+5z+3-8 then it is 5z-1
Combining like terms.
No. For purposes of combining "like terms", you need terms that have exactly the same variables, with the same exponents (if there are any).
It means to rewrite the expression so that it is in its simplest form. You can do this by combining like terms. For example: The equation 2x + 3x = 5 can be simplified to 5x = 5 by combining the "x's".
You add (or subtract) like terms. This will reduce the number of terms in the expression and that is the extent of simplification that you can achieve using this process.
When combining like terms, you could add and multiply. It depends on what the problem is. I am in 6th grade and currently learning algebra. I know that my answer is correct because I already learned this.