Question

defination of like and unlike terms​

Answer 1

Answer:

Like terms : The terms having the same literal (variable) with same exponents are called Like terms.

Example: 1) 12x and -5x 2) 4x2 and ½ x2

Unlike terms : The terms having the same variable with different exponents or different variable with same exponents are called Unlike terms.

Example : 1) 5x and 5y 2) 2x2 and 3y2

Answer 2

Solution :

Like terms : When the terms have the same literal factors, they are called like terms.

For example : 3a, - 6a are like terms.

Unlike terms : When the terms have the different literal factors, they are called unlike terms.

For example : ab, -3abc are unlike terms.

Hope it helps.