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Which of the terms cannot be combined with the others?

3a
a
5b
-2a

User Tetaxa
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Answer:

5b

Explanation:

User Twoleggedhorse
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5b could not be combined with the others because it has a different variable

you can add 3a+a+-2a to get 2a

since we don't know the value of either a or b it would be impossible to add them together
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