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 is the distributive property?

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The distributive property states that a(b + c) = ab + ac, meaning you can distribute the multiplication over addition.

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Use the distributive property to find an equivalent expression: 5(2f + 4)

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10f + 20

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Combine like terms: 6y + 22y + y

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29y

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What does it mean to factor an expression?

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Factoring an expression means to break it down into simpler expressions that can be multiplied together to get the original expression.

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Factor the expression: 36x + 24

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12(3x + 2) or 2(18x + 12)

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If a restaurant has 5 crates of glasses with g glasses in each crate, how many glasses are left after breaking one crate?

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5g - g

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What is a term in an algebraic expression?

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A term is a single mathematical expression that can be a number, a variable, or a combination of both, separated by + or - signs.

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How many terms are in the expression: 5x + 9 - 4b?

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3

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What is a variable in mathematics?

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