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Grade 12th passAlgebra

Add:
t – 8tz, 3tz – z, z – t
Add:
t – 8tz, 3tz – z, z – t

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5 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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5 Years ago
Dear Student

When term have the same algebraic factors, they are like terms.
Then, we have to add the like terms
= t–8tz + (3tz - z) + (z - t)
= t–8tz + 3tz–z + z - t
= t–t–8tz + 3tz–z + z
= t (1 - 1) + tz (- 8 + 3) + z (-1 + 1)
= t (0) + tz (- 5) + z (0)
= - 5tz

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