Unlike terms.
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Like terms are terms with the same variable to the same power. Examples: 2y and 3y are like terms. 2y and 2z are not like terms 4y squared and 3y squared are like terms 4y squared and 3y are not like terms
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).
terms whose variables are the same.
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.