document.write( "Question 511710: 1.7m^2+6.5n-4n +2.5m-n Can you explain the whole \"like terms\" to me, i never really understood it that well. Thank you. \n" ); document.write( "
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1.7m^2+6.5n-4n +2.5m-n Can you explain the whole \"like terms\" to me, i never really understood it that well.
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\n" ); document.write( "\"like terms\" are terms that have the same variable content.
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\n" ); document.write( "7x and 3x are \"like terms\"
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\n" ); document.write( "7x and 3x^2 are not \"like terms\"
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\n" ); document.write( "7abc and 3abc are \"like terms\"
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\n" ); document.write( "7a^2bc and 3a^3bc are not \"like terms\".
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\n" ); document.write( "Your Problem:
\n" ); document.write( "7m^2+6.5n-4n +2.5m-n
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\n" ); document.write( "6.5n;-4n;-n; are all \"like terms\" and add up to 1.5n
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\n" ); document.write( "7m^2 ; 2.5m ; are not \"like terms\" so cannot be combined.
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\n" ); document.write( "Answer to your problem: 7m^2 + 2.5m + 1.5n
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