Simplifying Expressions/Combining Like Terms

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What is simplifying expressions?

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Simplifying expressions involves combining like terms and reducing expressions to their 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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What is a coefficient?

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A coefficient is a numerical factor in a term. For example, in 4m, 4 is the coefficient.

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What is a constant?

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A constant is a term that does not contain any variables. For example, in the expression 3x + 2, the number 2 is a constant.

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Simplify the expression: 5a + 2b - 3a + 4

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2a + 2b + 4

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Simplify the expression: 2x + 1 + 7x

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9x + 1

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What is the first step in simplifying an expression?

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The first step is to identify and group like terms together.

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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: 3x + 4x - 2 + 5

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7x + 3

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Identify the coefficient in the expression: 6y + 3

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