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This document discusses equivalent expressions and how to determine if expressions are equivalent. It provides examples of reducing expressions to their simplest form and using substitution to check if expressions are equal. Expressions are equivalent if they have the same value. You can determine if expressions are equivalent by reducing them to their simplest form or by substituting values for the variables.

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Equivalent Expressions Notes

This document discusses equivalent expressions and how to determine if expressions are equivalent. It provides examples of reducing expressions to their simplest form and using substitution to check if expressions are equal. Expressions are equivalent if they have the same value. You can determine if expressions are equivalent by reducing them to their simplest form or by substituting values for the variables.

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Equivalent Expressions
Expressions are equivalent if they have the same value

You can determine if expressions are equivalent by
reducing them all to their simplest form

Is 2(-6x + 3) + 4x equivalent to any of the expressions


below?
a. -10x + 6 + 2x
b. 3(-4x +2) + 4x
2(-6x + 3) + 4x = -8x + 6
a. -10x + 6 + 2x= -8x + 6
b. 3(-4x +2) + 4x = -8x + 6
They are all equivalent expressions
Which expression is equal to 2(4x 16)?
a. 8x 30
b. 4x 32
c. 8x 32
d. x 32

Explain your reasoning.

2(4x 16) = 2(4x) 2(16) = 8x 32
Choice c
Practice writing equivalent expressions for the following
expressions:

1. 4(3 + 2y) 4y
2. -5x + 3(x + 12y) + -16
3. (4b 6) + (12 + 8b)





Which expression is not equivalent to 24x 15?
a. 6(4x - 3) + 3 6(4(2) 3) + 3 = 33
b. 3(5 + 8x) 3(5 + 8(2)) = 45
c. -2(-12x + 7) 1 -2(-12(2) + 7) 1 = 33

You can determine if expressions are equivalent by


substituting values in for the variable (x)
x = 2
24x 15
24(2) 15
48 15 = 33
Substituting with Expressions
You can determine if expressions are equivalent by
substituting values in for the variables

Is 2(x + 4) equivalent to (8x + 12)?

Substitute x = 1

2((1) + 4) = 2(5) = 10
(8(1) + 12)= (20) = 5

They are not equivalent
Which expression(s) are not equivalent to -6x +12y:
a. -6(x 2y) -6(2 6) = 24
b. -3(2x 4y) -3(4 12) = 24
c. 2(-3x + 6y) 2(-6 + 18) = 24
d. (-12x + 24y) (-24 + 72) = -24
e. -6(x + 2y) -6(2 + 6) = -48

You can determine if expressions are equivalent by
substituting values in for the variables
x = 2, y = 3
-6(2) +12(3) = -12 + 36 = 24

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