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Simplifying Algebraic Expressions Guide

1. This document discusses simplifying algebraic expressions. It defines terms like algebraic expressions, variables, constants, and evaluating expressions. 2. It explains how to identify like and unlike terms based on their variables and exponents. Like terms can be combined while unlike terms cannot. 3. The distributive property is used to remove parentheses from expressions by distributing any terms outside the parentheses. 4. Expressions can be simplified by combining like terms using the distributive property and other algebraic rules. Examples demonstrate evaluating expressions, identifying like and unlike terms, using the distributive property, and simplifying expressions.

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Simplifying Algebraic Expressions Guide

1. This document discusses simplifying algebraic expressions. It defines terms like algebraic expressions, variables, constants, and evaluating expressions. 2. It explains how to identify like and unlike terms based on their variables and exponents. Like terms can be combined while unlike terms cannot. 3. The distributive property is used to remove parentheses from expressions by distributing any terms outside the parentheses. 4. Expressions can be simplified by combining like terms using the distributive property and other algebraic rules. Examples demonstrate evaluating expressions, identifying like and unlike terms, using the distributive property, and simplifying expressions.

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8   Simplifying Algebraic Expressions 
Learning Objectives: 
1. Evaluate algebraic expressions. 
2. Identify like terms and unlike terms. 
3. Use the Distributive Property. 
4. Simplify algebraic expressions by combining like terms. 
 
1.   Evaluate algebraic expressions 
Definitions: 
 
1.  A _________________________is any letter that we use to represents any number from a set of       
                  numbers. 
 
2.  A ____________________is either a fixed number or a letter or symbol that represents a fixed number. 
 
 
3.  An __________________________________ is any combination of variables, constants, grouping symbols 
  and mathematical operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and 
  exponents. 
 
4.  To ____________________________________________, substitute a numerical value for each variable into 
  the expression and simplify the result. 
 
Example 1.  Evaluate each expression.  
 
1.  2 p2 + 5p − 1  for  p = −1                            
 
 
 
 
2.  (x 2
+ y)  
2
for   x = 3  and  y = −2          
 
 
 
 
2. Identify like terms and unlike terms 
Definitions: 
 
1.  A _______________ is a constant or the product of a constant and one or more variable raised to a 
  power. 
 
 
2.  The ___________________ of  a term is the numerical factor of the term. 
 
  1
3.  ____________________________ are terms that have the same variable factor(s) with the same 
  exponent(s). 
 
4x
Example 2.   Identify the terms and then name the coefficient of each term:    3x 2 −  
5
  
 
 
 
Example 3.  Determine if the terms are like or unlike. 
 
1.  3  and 7          2.  4a 2  and  − 7a 2           3.  − 3r 2 s  and  − 3rs 2  
 
 
 
3.   Use the Distributive Property 
 
Distributive Property 
 
1. a (b + c ) = ab + ac              2.  − a (b + c ) = − ab − ac    
  where a, b and  c  are any real numbers. 
 
Example 4.  Use the distributive property to remove the parentheses. 
 
1.  − (2 x − 3 y )                 2.  (4 x 2
+ 2 x )5  
 
 
 
 
4. Simplify algebraic expressions by combining like terms 
 
Example 5.  Simplify each expression by combining like terms. 
 
1.  4 x − 3( y − 6 ) + 3 y + 4 x  
 
 
 
 
 
2.  3 + 2(4.9 − 5.2 x )  
 
 
 
 

  2
 
3 3
3.  y− y 
7 4
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. 
1
(− 4 x + 6) − 2 (9 x − 18)  
2 3
 
 
 
 
 

  3

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