Question

Having some hard times with this. Can someone help me?
What does it mean when two terms are like terms?
I am just confused.

Answer 1

@rileychampion365

Answer 2

In algebra, like terms are terms that have the same variables and powers. However, the coefficients do not need to match.

Answer 3

oh ok thanks. I thought that everything had to be the same.

Answer 4

Like terms would be something like this 45x and 841x. They both have the same variable.