C OMBINING L IKE T ERMS Section 1.4
T ERMS
L IKE T ERMS U NLIKE T ERMS
L IKE T ERMS
H ANDS -O N E QUATIONS Blue Pawn: Positive x White Pawn: Negative x Green Cube: Positive numbers Red Cube: Negative numbers
R EPRESENT 3x+5+2x+2
R EPRESENT 2x+3+5x-6
R EPRESENT -3x+1-2x-6
R EPRESENT 4x-8-5x+2
S IMPLEST F ORM Contains no like terms and no parentheses.
C OMBINING L IKE T ERMS
C OEFFICIENT It is the numerical factor. The number being multiplied by the variable. To combine like terms we can simply combine the coefficients of the like terms.
S IMPLIFY :
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