OpenStax, Elementary Algebra 2e §1.2 Use the Language of Algebra · Exercise 101 · Algebra · Expressions

Use the Language of Algebra · Exercise 101

Explain how you identify the like terms in the expression $8 a^{2} + 4 a + 9 - a^{2} - 1.$

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