document.write( "Question 696159: Like terms have the same?
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "by definition, like terms are terms whose $\"variables\"$ (and their exponents such as the $\"2\"$ in $\"x%5E2\"$ ) are the $\"same\"$ .\r
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