What is the simplified form of the following expression?
2x^2y+3x^2+4y+3x^2y+2y

A. 5x^4y^2+3x^2+2y
B. 8x^2y+6y^2
C. 5x^2y+3x^2+6y
D. 14x^2y

Question

What is the simplified form of the following expression?
2x^2y+3x^2+4y+3x^2y+2y

A. 5x^4y^2+3x^2+2y
B. 8x^2y+6y^2
C. 5x^2y+3x^2+6y
D. 14x^2y

mehek14 · Answer

combine like terms

anonymous · Answer

God that's a hefty question.

mehek14 · Answer

do you know what like terms are?

anonymous · Answer

Yeah, I do. Gimme a second.

mehek14 · Answer

so tell me which of them are like terms

mehek14 · Answer

$2x^2y$ has a like term as what other one?

anonymous · Answer

5x^2y+3x^2+4y+2y is what I got so far...
5x^2y+3x^2+6y also, because there was 4y and 2y

mehek14 · Answer

that's what you got as for final answer?

anonymous · Answer

I think so... Unless I'm missing another like term somewhere. So it could be C? If I didn't look over something.

mehek14 · Answer

let me check
$2x^2y+3x^2y = 5x^2y$

$3x^2$

$5x^2y+3x^2$

$4y + 2y = 6y$

$5x^2y+3x^2+6y$

mehek14 · Answer

so it is the third one

anonymous · Answer

Ah, nice! Thanks for helping me through with it.

mehek14 · Answer

in the first one, the added the exponents which is something you shouldn't be doing when combining like terms

mehek14 · Answer

they*

mehek14 · Answer

and yw $\ddot\smile$