Find the sides, and the value of x and y.

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Mathematics: Find the sides, and the value of x and y.

Tyrant4life · Accepted Answer

Two terms are said to be like terms if they involve the same powers of the same variables.

So:

and

are not like terms, because they involve the same variables, but with different exponents.

and

are not like terms, because they don't involve the same variables. g^4

and

are not like terms, because they involve the same powers, but of different variables. 4g^2

and

are like terms, because they involve the same power (the square) of the same variable (

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