Equivalent Expressions

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What is an equivalent expression?

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An equivalent expression is an expression that has the same value as another expression for all values of the variable(s) involved.

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What does it mean to distribute in algebra?

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Distributing means multiplying each term inside a parenthesis by the term outside the parenthesis.

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What is the distributive property?

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How do you combine like terms in an expression?

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You combine like terms by adding or subtracting the coefficients of terms that have the same variable raised to the same power.

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What is a coefficient in an algebraic expression?

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A coefficient is a numerical factor in a term of an algebraic expression.