170k views
5 votes
Please help me work this problem

Please help me work this problem-example-1
User Teotwaki
by
5.6k points

2 Answers

4 votes

Answer:

13a

Explanation:

Given

9a + 3a + a ← are like terms, they all have the variable a

To simplify add the numeric parts of the terms, that is

= (9 + 3 + 1 )a ← note a has a coefficient of 1

= 13a

User Jakub Wisniewski
by
5.3k points
5 votes

Answer:

13a

Explanation:

9a + 3a + a = 13a

User Jnrbsn
by
6.0k points