Question

Combining Like TermsChoose TWO algebraic expressionsto simplify. You must show howyou combined your like terms tosimplify by either using the tablemethod, showing with algebra tiles,or some other organized method.

Answer 1

We have the following:

a.

`\begin{gathered} 2x+1+4x+5x^2-2x \\ 5x^2+(2x+4x-2x)+1 \\ 5x^2+4x+1 \end{gathered}`

b.

`\begin{gathered} 2x+8+2(x-2)+3+3x \\ 2x+8+2x-4+3+3x \\ (2x+2x+3x)+(8-4+3) \\ 7x+7 \end{gathered}`