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= Like terms
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Like terms are terms in an algebraic expression that have the same variable components raised to the same powers. In other words, they share the exact same variable factors. For example, in the expression \\(3x^2 + 5x^2 - 2x + 7\\): - The terms \\(3x^2\\) and \\(5x^2\\) are like terms because they both contain the variable \\(x\\) raised to the power of 2.