How do you simplify $5z^2+3z+8z^2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-04-27T13:56:26

See the solution process below:

Group and Combine like terms:
$5z^2 + 3z + 8z^2 =>$

$5z^2 + 8z^2 + 3z =>$

$(5 + 8)z^2 + 3z =>$

$13z^2 + 3z$

Depending on how you want this simplified you can also factor a $z$ out of each term:

$13z^2 + 3z =>$

$(13z * z) + (3 * z) =>$

$z(13z + 3)$

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