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Determine whether each expression is monomial 2a-2b

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Not a monomial

1) Since according to the monomial's definition, i.e.:

2) We can tell that since there are two terms, namely 2a and 2b separated by a minus sign.

3) Then, this is not a monomial, this is a binomial

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