Question

How do you know when an expression is its simplest form

Answer 1

Answer: You know when an expression is in it's simplest form when you can't do anything to it.

Explanation:

Example: -3x + 100 > -50

You can break this equation down into tinier pieces and make it easier to understand.

-3x > -150

This is a simpler inequality than the first one but, not in simplest form.

Now, x<50 is -3x+100>-50 in it's simplest form. You can't do anything to x>50 anymore. It's in simplest form.

Answer 2

you know it is when you can't solve it any further. If the numbers cannot be divided by a common number. there is no possible way to make it any more compacted.

Explanation: