Remember:
There cannot be any addition or subtraction in a single term.
Since multiplication is associative, rearrangements of variables does not change a term:3xy is same as 3yx.
3x2y and 7xyx are like terms.
2012年新GRE数学考点指导——Term(2)
2012-11-03
Remember:
There cannot be any addition or subtraction in a single term.
Since multiplication is associative, rearrangements of variables does not change a term:3xy is same as 3yx.
3x2y and 7xyx are like terms.