Combine like terms.

32y plus 5y=

I don't know what to do. I don't understand this. Please help.

32y plus 5y= 37y

So then all you do on this one is add the numbers and just add y at the end?

Yes.

Ms. Sue. I posted two other math questions. Can you look those over. That one makes sense now but what do you do when there is a square root?

To combine like terms, you need to add or subtract the coefficients (the numbers in front of the variables) of the terms with the same variables.

In the case of 32y + 5y, both terms have the variable y, so they are like terms.

To combine them, you simply add the coefficients:

32y + 5y = (32 + 5)y

Now, you just need to simplify the coefficient:

32 + 5 = 37

So, the simplified expression is:

32y + 5y = 37y