SOLUTION: This is from the Compass sample test Algebra Placement Polynomials 6. What is the sum of the polynomials 3a^2b+2a^2b^2 and -ab^2+a^2b^2? Explain in detail please.

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Question 101359: This is from the Compass sample test
Algebra Placement
Polynomials
6. What is the sum of the polynomials 3a^2b+2a^2b^2 and -ab^2+a^2b^2?
Explain in detail please.

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%283a%5E2b%2B2a%5E2b%5E2%29%2B%28-ab%5E2%2Ba%5E2b%5E2%29 Start with the given expression. This is the sum of the two polynomials


3a%5E2b%2B%282a%5E2b%5E2%2Ba%5E2b%5E2%29-ab%5E2 Group like terms. These are terms with the same variables and exponents of those variables




3a%5E2b%2B3a%5E2b%5E2-ab%5E2 Combine like terms