Combining like-terms and distributive property

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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, 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 set of parentheses.

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Simplify: 3y + 4y + 6y

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13y

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Simplify: 12c + 5c + c

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18c

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What is the result of combining like terms?

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Combining like terms involves adding or subtracting coefficients of like terms to simplify an expression.

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Simplify: 5x + 2x + 3x

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10x

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What is the first step in using the distributive property?

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The first step is to multiply the term outside the parentheses by each term inside the parentheses.

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Simplify: 12x^2 + 3x^2 + 5x^2

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20x^2

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What does it mean to simplify an expression?

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To simplify an expression means to combine like terms and reduce it to its simplest form.

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Solve: 5^2 - (2 + 2) + 6

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