SOLUTION: collect like terms. 1/2a+a+5a

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Question 292936: collect like terms.
1/2a+a+5a
Answer by brucewill(101) About Me  (Show Source):
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When they say "collect like terms", they mean to summarize, such that each variable is stated once. In this case, there is only one variable, "a"; there are a total of 6 1/2 "a"'s, therefore, it would be:
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