How do you combine like terms in #(6- 8m ^ { 4} + 6m ^ { 2} ) + ( 5m ^ { 2} - m + 5m )#?
1 Answer
Remove Brackets then Combine like Terms
Explanation:
First remove the parenthesis (brackets) to do this you must use distributive property
In this case we can just remove them as there is only a positive sign but if there was a negative sign we would have to multiply each term by -1
Then combining like terms, we must follow this rule
- To be a common term, the term must have the same variable and the same exponents
In our equation we have these terms
Now all we have to do is add apples to apples
It is good to order your numbers based on variables and exponents