Question

Look at the expressions. -2×^3 -19×^2y -15×y. +11×^2y What are the like terms?

Answer 1

Answer:

$-19x^2y$ and $11x^2y$ are like terms.

Step-by-step explanation:

Recall what "like terms" means in an algebraic expression: Those terms that have the same variables at exactly the same exponents.

so in the expression: $-2x^3-19x^2y-15xy+11x^2y$ the second term and the fourth one are like terms. Notice that both terms have the variables: $x^2y$ with the variable "x" to the power 2, and with the variable y to the first power.

$-19x^2y$ and $11x^2y$ are like terms.

Therefore, those are the only terms you can combine to reduce the expression.