Question

Note: Enter your answer and show all the steps that you use to solve this problem in the space provided. Combine like terms to simplify the expression. 5 x + 4 + 2 x + 5

Answer 1

Answer:

$\huge{ \boxed{ \bold{ \text{7x + 9}}}}$

Step-by-step explanation:

$\text{5x + 4 + 2x + 5}$

$\text{Combine \: like \: terms} :$

$\text{Like \: terms \: are \: those \: which \: have \: the \: same \: base.}$

$➝ \: \text{5x + 2x + 4 + 5}$

➝ $\text{ 7x + 4 + 5}$

$\text{Add \: the \: numbers : 4 \: and \: 5}$

$➝ \: \text{7x + 9}$

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Answer 2

Answer:

7x + 9

Step-by-step explanation:

Combine like terms, means put the ones that have something in common together; in this case they are the terms with an 'x' value, and a regular numeric value.

5x+2x = 7x

5+4 = 9

therefore:

7x+9