First multiply and dstribute
a(b+c)=ab+ac
2(3x+2)=6x+4
6x+4=2x-1+x
add like terms
6x+4=3x-1
subtract 3x from both sides
3x+4=-1
subtract 4 from both sides
3x=-5
divide bothe sides by 3
x=-5/3
Just plug in -1 for x and u should get ur answer
Answer: The first blank space is 45 and the one at the bottom is 10
Here in the second term I am considering 2 as power of x .
So rewriting both the terms here:
First term: 12x²y³z
Second term: -45zy³x²
Let us now find out whether they are like terms or not.
"Like terms" are terms whose variables (and their exponents such as the 2 in x²) are the same.
In the given two terms let us find exponents of each variable and compare them for both terms.
z : first and second term both have exponent 1
x: first and second term both have exponent 2
y: first and second term both have exponent 3
Since we have all the exponents equal for both first and second terms variables, so we can say that the two terms are like terms.