How do you simplify $3 p + p$ $3p+p$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-01-06T12:19:04

See explanation below.

We know $p = 1 p$ $p = 1p$ therefore we can rewrite this expression as:

$3 p + p \to 3 p + 1 p$ $3p + p -> 3p + 1p$

We can now factor the coefficients for $p$ $p$ :

$3 p + 1 p \to (3 + 1) p \to 4 p$ $3p + 1p -> (3 + 1)p -> 4p$

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