| A | B |
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| equivalent expression | expressions that have the same value |
| distributive property | to multiply a sum or difference by a number, multiply each term insdie the parentheses by the number outside the parentheses |
| term | each part of an algebraic expression |
| coefficient | numerical part of a term the contains a variable |
| like terms | terms that contain the same variables |
| constant | a term without a variable |
| two-step equation | equation that contains two operations; to solve use inverse operations to undo each operation in reverse order of operations |
| simplifying the expression | using the distributive property to combine like terms |
| equation | a mathematical sentence that contains an equal sign |
| solution | value for a variable that makes an equation true |
| solving the equation | process of finding a solution |
| inverse operations | operations that "undo" each other |
| equivalent equations | equations that have the same solution |
| simplest form | an algebraic expression that has no like terms and no parentheses |
