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Please select all the following expressions that show like terms:

7m + 7n
7m + 2m²
-7m + 7m²
2 - 6b
m⁴ - 3m⁴

User Cherrun
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Only the last one since the letters and the exponents are the same
User Amit On
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Like Terms

Please select all the following expressions that show like terms:

  • 7m + 7n
  • 7m + 2m²
  • -7m + 7m²
  • 2 - 6b
  • m⁴ - 3m⁴

Answer:

  • m⁴ - 3m⁴

What is like terms?

  • Like terms are coefficients with the same variables and exponents. For example, m⁴ and 3m⁴ are like terms. Why? The coefficients of m⁴ are 1 and 3. The variables are m and the exponent is 4. So the last choice are like terms.

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User Basavaraj Hadimani
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