Question

How do you simplify `11y + 12z - 10y + 4z + 2y`?

Answer 1

You must collect like terms.

Explanation:

You must collect like terms to simplify this, meaning you collect `x`, `y`, `z`, etc.

For `y: 11y + 2y -10y = 3y`
For `z: 12z + 4z + 16z`

Simplified form:

`3y + 16z`

(You generally write the letters in alphabetical order, although this is not strictly necessary)