Simplifying Expressions with Like Terms

I can simplify algebraic expressions by combining like terms.

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  Simplifying a polynomial involves identifying like terms that can be combined into a single term.

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  Like terms have the exact same variable part, which means the same variable raised to the same power.

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  To combine like terms, you add or subtract the number parts (coefficients) and keep the variable part the same.