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TRUE OR FALSE:

3a + 3 + 7 + 9a = 22a

User Nitasha
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False because u can only add them together if they are like terms (they are similar to eachother) in this case you can only add 3a + 9a together = 12a because the other numbers do not have a at the end therefore they are not similar. It doesn’t just have to be the letter a it can be any other letter or even indices e.g squared etc.

So just add the 3 and 7 = 10

12a + 10
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