How do you simplify $11y + 12z - 10y + 4z + 2y$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-22T09:41:43

You must collect like terms.

You must collect like terms to simplify this, meaning you collect $x$ , $y$ , $z$ , etc.

For $y: 11y + 2y -10y = 3y$
For $z: 12z + 4z + 16z$

Simplified form:

$3y + 16z$

(You generally write the letters in alphabetical order, although this is not strictly necessary)

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