Question 1 • FL-1200700-Mathematics for College Algebra MIS
The starting term is 3x²y. To get a monomial after addition, the added term must have the same variables raised to the same powers, so the terms combine into one term. Both −12x²y and 4x²y are like terms with 3x²y; the other choices have different exponents or variables.
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