Terms that have the same variables with the same exponents on the variables are called?

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Mary Duffy

Mathematics

8 July, 07:03

Terms that have the same variables with the same exponents on the variables are called?

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Dino · Answer 1

Answer: Like terms

Example: 7x+9x are like terms because they both have an x with the same exponent of 1. We can combine them to get 7x+9x = 16x. This is like saying you have 7 boxes and you add on 9 boxes to get a total of 16 boxes.