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Vocabulary
• Like terms- two or more terms that
have the same variable raised to the
same power
• Equivalent expressions- have the
same value for all values of the
variables
• Simplify- to perform all possible
operations in an expression including
combining like terms
You can only combine LIKE
terms!
+ =2
apples
+ =
You can’t combine apples and
oranges!!!!!!
Combining like terms to
simplify
• 3x + 5x =
• 5m – 2m + 8 – 3m + 6
• 6a + 8a + 4b + c + 7
• 4(y + 9) – 3y
• 8x – x = 112