Question

What are the like terms in the algebraic expression? Negative a squared b + 6 a b minus 8 + 5 a squared b minus 6 a minus b Negative a squared b and negative 6 a Negative a squared b and 5 a squared b 6 a b and 5 a squared b 6 a b and negative 6 a

Answer 1

Answer:

The CORRECT answer is B

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

The like terms are: $a^{2}b,\ ab,\ \teaxt{and}\ a$

Step-by-step explanation:

The expression is:

$-a^{2}b+6ab-8+5a^{2}b-6a-b-a^{2}b-6a-a^{2}b+5a^{2}b+6ab+5a^{2}b+6ab-6a$

Collect the like terms as follows:

$-a^{2}b+6ab-8+5a^{2}b-6a-b-a^{2}b-6a-a^{2}b+5a^{2}b+6ab+5a^{2}b+6ab-6a$

$=(-a^{2}b+5a^{2}b-a^{2}b-a^{2}b+5a^{2}b+5a^{2}b)+(6ab+6ab+6ab)-(6a-6a-6a)-b-8$

$=12a^{2}b+18ab+18a-b-8$

Thus, the final expression is $12a^{2}b+18ab+18a-b-8$

The like terms are: $a^{2}b,\ ab,\ \teaxt{and}\ a$.