Simplifying Expressions

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What is the process of simplifying expressions?

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The process of simplifying expressions involves combining like terms and applying the distributive property to make an expression easier to work with.

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What does it mean to combine like terms?

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Combining like terms means to add or subtract terms that have the same variable raised to the same power.

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What is the distributive property?

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

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Simplify: 6 + 2(7x - 3)

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14x

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Simplify: 7v + 2 + 12 + 2v

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9v + 14

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Simplify: 6w - 6w + 6w + 9w

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15w

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Simplify: 6(x + -2)

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6x - 12

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Simplify: 2x + 1 + 7x

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9x + 1

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What is a variable in an expression?

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A variable is a symbol, often a letter, that represents an unknown value in an expression or equation.

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What are coefficients in an expression?

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Coefficients are the numerical factors that multiply the variables in an expression.