Remember that only like terms can be combined. An expression in simplest form has no like terms and parentheses.
13 13c- 1 12
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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.
- 2/3c - 9/5 + 14c + 3/10
⇓
- 2/3c + ( - 9/5) + 14c + 3/10
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 c-terms and two constants. We will rearrange the expression according to the Commutative Property of Addition. Then, we will combine like terms to simplify the expression.
