Question

What are the like terms in the expression 8 + x squared minus 4 x cubed + 5 x + 2 x squared?

Answer 1

Answer:

$\huge\boxed{x^2 \ and \ 2x^2}$

Step-by-step explanation:

Given Expression is:

$8 + x^2 -4x^3+5x+2x^2$

"Like terms" are terms whose variables and their exponents are the same.

So, In the given expression, the like terms are:

=> $x^2 \ and \ 2x^2$

Answer 2

Answer:

See below.

Step-by-step explanation:

So we have the expression:

$8+x^2-4x^3+5x+2x^2$

Like terms are terms in which the variables and the exponents they are in are exactly the same.

In the above expression, the only like terms are x² and 2x². Thus, we can add them:

$(x^2+2x^2)+8-4x^3+5x\\=3x^2+8-4x^3+5x$