Before simplifying, how many terms are there in the expression 2x - 5y + 3 + x?

Question

4
3
6
5

Answer 1

To determine the number of terms in the expression \(2x - 5y + 3 + x\), let's identify each distinct term:

1. \(2x\)
2. \(-5y\)
3. \(3\)
4. \(x\)

Now, while \(x\) can be combined with \(2x\) to simplify the expression further, as it stands in the original expression there are still 4 distinct terms.

So, the expression contains 4 terms.

The answer is 4.