5x + 5y are like terms and can be added together to simplify to 10xy. A or B
True False
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are x and y the same thing?
No, so they are not like terms
False.
Like terms are terms that have the same variables raised to the same powers. In the expression 5x + 5y, the terms 5x and 5y have different variables, x and y, so they are not like terms. Therefore, they cannot be added together to simplify to 10xy.