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Collect like terms.
To calculate: The simplified form of the expression
Answer to Problem 1DE
Solution:
The like terms in the expression
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
The provided expression is
Formula used:
For numbers a, b, and c distributive law is as below;
Calculation:
Consider the expression,
According to the distributive law the product of a number and a sum can be expressed as sum of two products, that is for numbers a, b, and c distributive law is as below;
Use the distributive law to factor out the common variable as below:
Hence, the like terms in the expression
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