Q. Click and drag like terms onto each other to simplify fully.−3−y−1−5x−2+4x
Identify Like Terms: Identify like terms in the expression −3−y−1−5x−2+4x. Like terms are terms that contain the same variable raised to the same power. Here, −3, −1, and −2 are like terms because they are constants without variables. Similarly, −5x and 4x are like terms because they both contain the variable x raised to the first power.
Combine Constant Terms: Combine the constant terms −3, −1, and −2.Calculation: −3−1−2=−6
Combine Variable Terms: Combine the terms with the variable x, −5x and 4x.Calculation: −5x+4x=−1x or simply −x
Write Simplified Expression: Write the simplified expression by combining the results from the previous steps.The constant terms combined to −6 and the x terms combined to −x. The term with y remains unchanged because there are no other y terms to combine it with.Final simplified expression: −6−y−x
More problems from Convergent and divergent geometric series