Combining Like Terms (Basic Algebra Concept)

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[johnparadise]

In algebra, like terms are terms that have the same variables and powers? The coefficients do not need to match?

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[astroxturbo]

wait, for the last question 3(x+1)+4(x+2)+7x+1, when you distributed the term 3(x+1) to 3x+3, shouldn't it be 3x³+3 because the 3 multiplies by the x. Because when you were simplifying the algebraic expression before the 3(x+1)... which is the algebraic expression 2x(x-10)+-6x2+x+1, you distributed the 2x with 1x which made 2x, and you distributed the 2x with the x inside the brackets which nade x², {all together 2x²....} ?


that whole thing is my question, which in essence is...
why did you distribute the term 3x into the brackets (x+1) which = 3x+3 and not 3x³+3 like the previous question 2x into the brackets (x-10) which = 2x²-20x?


Even more simpler
why didn't you distribute the the number 3 into the bracket x and make 3x³, but you did for the previous 2x into the bracket (x-10) and made 2x²-20x?