Combining Like Terms & Distributive Property

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What are like terms?

Back

Like terms are terms that have the same variable raised to the same power. For example, 3x and 5x are like terms, while 3x and 4y are not.

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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: -10x + 15 - 3x + 2

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-13x + 17

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Simplify: 2x + 1 + 7x

Back

9x + 1

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Simplify: 5(a + 6)

Back

5a + 30

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Simplify: 3(9 + 2d) + 4d

Back

27 + 10d

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Simplify: 9x + 5(x + 3)

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14x + 15

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What is the first step in combining like terms?

Back

Identify and group the like terms together.

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What do you do when you see parentheses in an expression?

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Use the Distributive Property to multiply the term outside the parentheses by each term inside.

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What is the result of combining 4x and 6x?

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10x