It may be possible to simplify an expression by collecting like terms together. Like terms are easy to spot - they have the same letter or letters. \(y\) \(3y\) \(-24y ...
Collecting like terms means to simplify terms in expressions in which the variables are the same. In the expression \(5a + 2b + 3a - 6b\), the terms \(5a\) and \(+ 3a\) are like terms, as are \(2b ...