How do you simplify $- 7 x^{2} y z + 3 y z x^{2} - z x^{2} y - 4 y$ $-7x^2yz + 3yzx^2 - zx^2y - 4y$ ?

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How do you simplify $- 7 x^{2} y z + 3 y z x^{2} - z x^{2} y - 4 y$ $-7x^2yz + 3yzx^2 - zx^2y - 4y$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-08-18T11:15:15

Combine like terms.

Explanation:

Two terms in an expression or equation are like terms if they share the same common variables. In your expression, for example, the like terms are $- 7 x^{2} y z$ $-7x^2yz$ , $3 y z x^{2}$ $3yzx^2$ and $- z x^{2} y$ $-zx^2y$ . Even though there is a difference in the order the variables are listed, the two terms have the same variables, so they are like terms.

Let's solve this by making another expression:

$- 7 x^{2} y z + 3 x^{2} y z = - 4 x^{2} y z - x^{2} y z = - 5 x^{2} y z$ $-7x^2yz+3x^2yz=-4x^2yz-x^2yz=-5x^2yz$

Let's now plug our answer back into our expression to get our answer:

$- 5 x^{2} y z - 4 y$ $-5x^2yz-4y$

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