What are like terms?

Question

Do like terms use integers, multiplication, addition etc.

 

Answer 1

Like terms are the terms which contain the same factors, and differ in constant factor , coefficients.

 

 They are only terms that can can be added, and the result of addition is the same term with coefficient be the algebraic Sum of the coefficients of individual terms.

 

 Example:

 

   3x - 2x = X    -5y + 2y = -3Y

 

   8 x^2 Y - 12 X^2 Y = - 4 X^2 Y