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Identify the LIKE terms in the expression: 2x + 4y + 3x

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Answer: 5x+4y

Explanation:

You can only combine the like terms if the letters are the same like how 2x and 3x are the same. Since it said to add I added them together and got 5x+4y I did not add 4y to anything because it doesn’t share any like terms together.

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Answer:

2 x and 3 x

Explanation:

Terms that have the same variables and powers are referred to as like terms and in like terms only the numerical coefficient is different.

In 2 x + 4 y + 3 x the Like terms are 2 x and 3 x

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