Question

How do you simplify $3x + 2y + 4y?$

Answer 1

Hint: First of all take the given expression and we will open the brackets and will combine the like terms and will simplify for the resultant required value.

Complete step by step solution:
Take the given expression: $3x + 2y + 4y$
Combine the like terms if any, organize the terms and re-write the above expression again –
$\Rightarrow 3x + \underline {2y + 4y} $
Add the two like terms and simplify the above expression –
$\Rightarrow 3x + 6y$
This is the required solution.

Thus the required answer is 3x+6y.

Additional Information: Constants are the terms with fixed value such as the numbers it can be positive or negative whereas the variables are terms which do not have any fixed value and are denoted by small alphabets such as x, y, z, a, b, etc. Be careful while using the basic mathematical rules for simplifications.

Note: Be very careful while simplification of the terms. While doing simplification remember the golden rules-
- Addition of two positive terms gives the positive term
- Addition of one negative and positive term, you have to do subtraction and give signs of bigger numbers whether positive or negative.
- Addition of two negative numbers gives a negative number but in actual you have to add both the numbers and give a negative sign to the resultant answer.