Identify Like Terms: Identify like terms in the expression 7k−k+9k−10k. Like terms are terms that contain the same variable raised to the same power. In this expression, all terms are like terms because they all contain the variable k raised to the first power.
Combine Like Terms: Combine the like terms by adding or subtracting their coefficients.7k−k+9k−10k can be simplified by combining the coefficients of k.(7−1+9−10)k=(15−11)k=4k
More problems from Simplify variable expressions involving like terms and the distributive property