Vocabulary
(b+5)+(3b+9)
4b + 14
(2a2)(4a3)
8a5
15b4/3b2
5b2
(6m2+4)-(3m2+5)
3m2-1
(-5z4)(-4z)
20z5
What do you do with exponents when dividing variables with the same base?
Subtract the Exponents
How many terms are in this polynomial? 4y5+6xy-3x2
Three
(-2a2b)(8ab3c)(-bc2)
16a3b4c3
-32x5y3z/8xy2z
-4x4y
Write this polynomial in Descending Order of Powers: 8x-3x2+x4-4
x4-3x2+8x-4
(8a2-4a+3)+(7a2+2a-11)
15a2-2a-8
(6n2-5n+8)-(4n2-7n+9)
2n2+2n-1
2x(2x2-4x+6)
4x3-8x2+12x
45m6n5+20m8n4 / -5m3n2
-9m3n3-4m5n2
What are Like Terms?
Terms with the same variables raised to exactly the same powers.
-3n2(4n2-6nm3-m2+7)
-12n4+18n3m3+3n2m2-21n2
-16x3y4+24x5y5-4xy / -4xy
4x2y3-6x4y4+1