Essential Question How can you simplify an algebraic expression 7 X 10 Coefficient Variable Constant Like terms Rules Same Variable AND same exponent Coefficients can be different attached to variable ID: 787171
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3.1 Algebraic expressions
Essential Question: How can you simplify an algebraic expression?
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X +
10
Coefficient
Variable
Constant
Slide3Like terms: Rules:
Same Variable AND same exponentCoefficients can be different (# attached to variable)
3. Constants are like terms (
ie
. like 5 and 3 )
Like Terms
Unlike Terms
3
x
and 2
x
5
x
2
and 2
x
The exponents
are different.
3.2 and
n
Only one termcontains avariable
6a and 6b
The variablesare different
w and
w7
5 and 1.8
7
X +
10
Coefficient
Variable
Constant
Slide4Example 1:
Terms:
Like terms:
Terms:
Like terms:
Slide5Simplified Algebraic Expressions:
when an expression has no like terms & no parentheses
Slide6Example 3:
Distributive Property:
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