Question

after a week of rain, tadpoles apperead in your pond. after t minutes, you have (7t + 5) tadpoles and your friend has (8t - 3) tadpoles. whats the expression me and my friend caught together

Answer 1

You simply add the expressions together since you want to find the total number of tadpoles.

(7t + 5) + (8t-3)

Addition is commutative so you can move the numbers around and add like terms.

7t + 8t + 5 - 3 ----> Simplify

15t + 2 is the final expression that shows how many tadpoles you and your friend have collectively.