Remember that only like terms can be combined. An expression in simplest form has no like terms and parentheses.
15/10n-3
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An expression in simplest form has no like terms and parentheses. Let's first rewrite this expression as a sum to identify all like terms.
4/5n - 3 + 7/10n
⇓
4/5n + ( - 3) + 7/10n
Remember that like terms — constant terms or terms with the same variable and the same exponent — can be combined. In this case, we have two n-terms and one constant. Only the n-terms can be combined. We will rearrange the expression according to the Commutative Property of Addition. Then, we will combine like terms to simplify the expression.
