document.write( "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?\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #210056 by jim_thompson5910(35256)\"\" \"About 
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Since the variable terms on \"ax%5E2\" and \"a%5E2x%5E2\" are identical, this means that \"ax%5E2\" and \"a%5E2x%5E2\" are like terms. Furthermore, this means that \"ax%5E2%2Ba%5E2x%5E2=x%5E2%28a%2Ba%5E2%29=%28a%2Ba%5E2%29x%5E2\" \n" ); document.write( "
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