Question

Can you please help me please use the boxes to help.

Answer 1

Given the expression:

`(1)/(2)s-4+(3)/(4)s+(1)/(8)-s^3`

• You need to remember that, in Mathematical Expressions, the terms can be separated by these signs:

`\begin{gathered} + \\ - \end{gathered}`

And each sign in front of a term belongs to that term.

Then, you can identify these terms in the expression:

`\begin{gathered} (1)/(2)s \\ \\ -4 \\ \\ (3)/(4)s \\ \\ (1)/(8) \\ \\ -s^3 \end{gathered}`

• By definition, the Like Terms in a Mathematical Expression are those terms that have the same variables and those variables have the same exponents. The coefficients of Like Terms can be different.

Therefore, knowing that, you can identify that these are Like Terms:

`(1)/(2)s\text{ and }(3)/(4)s`
`-4\text{ and }(1)/(8)`

Hence, the answer is: