Question

How do you simplify `(5v^2 + 2v^4 + 4v^3) + (2v^4 + 6v^3 + v^2)`?

Answer 1

`4v^4 + 10v^3 + 6v^2`

Explanation:

to simplify this expression rewrite without brackets and collect 'like terms'

without brackets becomes `5v^2 + 2v^4 + 4v^3 + 2v^4 + 6v^3 + v^2`

now collect like terms in descending order `(2v^4 + 2v^4) +( 4v^3 + 6v^3) + ( 4v^2 + v^2)`

`= 4v^4 + 10v^3 + 5v^2`