Simplifying Expressions

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What is the process of simplifying an expression?

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The process of simplifying an expression involves combining like terms and performing operations to reduce the expression to its simplest form.

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What are like terms?

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Like terms are terms that have the same variable raised to the same power. For example, 3a and 5a are like terms.

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Simplify: 4a + 9 + a

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5a + 9

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What is the distributive property?

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The distributive property states that a(b + c) = ab + ac. It allows you to multiply a single term by each term inside a parentheses.

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Simplify: 6b + 7b - 10

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13b - 10

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What does it mean to combine like terms?

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Combining like terms means adding or subtracting the coefficients of terms that have the same variable.

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Simplify the expression: 7 + 3(1 - 2x)

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10 - 6x

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What is the result of applying the distributive property to 6(7 + x)?

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42 + 6x

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Simplify: 6(7 + x) + 5x

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11x + 42

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What is the importance of parentheses in expressions?

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Parentheses indicate which operations should be performed first in an expression, following the order of operations.