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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and

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is a constant, then

is simply a different constant. Yes,

and

are most assuredly like terms.\r
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