Question

What is the sum of the following?

88x+4y+2x+1y

Answer 1

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`\text{Answer: }\boxed{90x+5y}`

`\textbf{\text{Explanation:}}`

`88x+4y+2x+1y`

In our first step, we will need to identify like terms.

`\textbf{88x}+4y+\textbf{2x}+1y \rightarrow \text{x variables are like terms}\\88x+\textbf{4y} + 2x + \textbf{1y} \rightarrow \text{y variables are like terms}`

Now that the like terms have been identified, we will need to add them. Adding variables are simple; you add the whole numbers while the variable says the same.

`88x+2x=90x`

`4y+1y=5y`

Now, we will add.

`90x+5y`

The answer is 90x+5y.

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