Combining Like Terms with Exponents — Rules & Examples

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Square everything, and then remember the exponent properties When you're trying to simplify an expression with squared terms in it, the best thing to do is to square as much as …
By Zora Gilbert, Alex Federspiel, Amy Feraco, Jonathan Heller, Joshua Siktar
Combine terms with the same variable and the same exponent Remember that when you combine like terms, you combine the terms with the exact same variable by adding them or subtra…
By Zora Gilbert, Alex Federspiel, Amy Feraco, Jonathan Heller, Caroline K
You can add and subtract cubes with the same base You can add and subtract cubed terms from each other as long as they have the same base (the number that the exponent is attach…
By Zora Gilbert, Caroline K
(Video) Adding and Subtracting Exponents by Mometrix Academy In this video she goes over what the parts of an exponent are and what you need in order to be able to add or subtra…
By Alex Federspiel, Caroline K, Joshua Siktar

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