document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=106497>Question 106497</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Simplify the following expression by combining any like terms, Then explain how you combine like terms.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "7m – 6t + 2 – 2t + 11m<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "7m+11m=18m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-6t-2t=-8t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "answer is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "18m-8t+2 or factoring out the common 2 we get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(9m-4t+1) </SPAN>\n" );
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