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Example Question #13 : Whole Numbers
What is simplified?
To simplify a problem like the example above we must combine the like termed variables.
Like terms are the numbers that have the same variable, in this example, and
.
Separate the 's to get
.
Then perform the necessary subtraction to get .
Then separate the 's to get
.
Then perform the necessary subtraction to get .
We then combine our answers to have the simplified version of the equation .
Example Question #2 : How To Combine Like Terms In Pre Algebra
What is simplified?
To simplify a problem like the example above we must combine the like termed variables.
Like terms are the numbers that have the same variable, in this example, and
.
Separate the 's to get
.
Then perform the necessary subtraction and addition with the numbers in front of the variables to get or
.
Then separate the ’s to get
.
Then perform the necessary subtraction to get .
We then combine our answers to have the simplified version of the equation .
Example Question #1 : How To Combine Like Terms In Pre Algebra
Simplify the following equation into its simplest form by combining like terms:
When combining like terms, the order of operations must also be taken into account.
then combine the x squared terms to get the answer.
Example Question #1 : Order Of Operations
Simplify the expression below.
First, distribute the negative sign into the parentheses.
Next, combine like terms.
Note that all operations in this problem are addition and subtraction; there is no need to FOIL or multiply.
Example Question #2 : How To Combine Like Terms In Pre Algebra
Simplify the expression.
Re-write the expression to group like terms together.
Simplify.
Example Question #3 : How To Combine Like Terms In Pre Algebra
What is simplified?
To simplify a problem like the example above we must combine the like-termed variables.
Like terms are the terms that share the same variable(s) to the same power. In this example the like term is .
To combine like terms the variable stays the same and you add the numbers in front.
Perform the necessary addition, , to get
.
We have the simplified version of the equation, .
Example Question #4 : How To Combine Like Terms In Pre Algebra
Simplify:
Combine like terms: . Remember you can only combine terms that have the same variables, for example
and
, but not
and
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