SOLUTION: Can you please help me answer this question: if x is a variable and "a" is a constant (number) are (a)(x^2) and (a^2)(x^2)like terms?
I think there are not because is used 3 for
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Question 290288: Can you please help me answer this question: if x is a variable and "a" is a constant (number) are (a)(x^2) and (a^2)(x^2)like terms?
I think there are not because is used 3 for a and 4 for b and 3 x 4^2 is 48 where as 3^2 x 4^2 is 144, both equal different answers therefore they are not alike
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Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, solver91311:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Since the variable terms on and are identical, this means that and are like terms. Furthermore, this means that
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Well, what about 
and 
? Aren't those two like terms?
If 
is a constant, then 
is simply a different constant. Yes, 
and 
are most assuredly like terms.
John
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