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Combining Like Terms, a la Shmoop.

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Do you, x squared minus 7, take this expression, [Couple with math calculations for heads marrying]

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x squared plus 4, to be your lawfully combined term?

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I do.

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I do.

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Algebra Tov! It’s been happening for centuries. [Wine glass shatters]

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Like terms have been combining.

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Creating lives together. Producing offspring. [Like terms math calculations laid in bed]

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Statistics show that 87% of like terms stay combined.

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But… there is an unlucky 13% who… aren’t able to make it work.

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In the case of this lucky couple… …they found each other… [algebra calculation sat on a park bench]

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…but not without some challenges. There was 4y’s old flame, for example.

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Love was in the air… but it simply wasn’t meant to be.

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It seemed as if divine forces were conspiring to keep them apart… [lightning strikes and separates the algebra terms]

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Finally, they gave up on their adolescent impulses.. and moved on.

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But when 4y met 7y several years later…

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…she realized that this term was who she was destined to marry… [4y and 7y by the seaside and a love heart appears]

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and someday have little digits of their own.

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Well, they had no trouble whatsoever combining…

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…as will become clear should you happen to find the whole family at home some evening.

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Of course, 4y and 7y are just one successful couple.

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There are a zillion similar stories of happy unions. [lots of like terms appear]

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All of whom have been busy changing their relationship status on Facebook.

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Now there are a couple of “liked” terms…

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