Question

Select all of the terms that are "like."
xy2
2xy
x2
-xy
2x2y
xy

Answer 1

xy2 and 2xy are the only ones with common factors

Answer 2

2xy, -xy, xy

Explanation:

Like term: All terms whose variable parts is same with their exponents.

Here, total 6 difference term

`xy^2,2xy,x^2,-xy,2x^2y,xy`

• variable having
  `xy^2` only one term.
• variable having
  `xy` are 2xy, -xy, xy
• variable having
  `x^2` only one term
• variable having
  `x^2y` only one term.

Therefore, Like terms are those variable part xy

Like terms are 2xy, -xy, xy