Question

Identify the like terms in the following groups of terms $2xy,yz,3z,\frac{1}{2}yz$

Answer 1

The given terms:

Term	Factors
$2xy$	$2,x,y$
$yz$	$y,z$
$3z$	$3,z$
$\frac{1}{2}yz$	$\frac{1}{2},y,z$

The above table, $yz$and$\frac{1}{2}yz$ contains the same algebraic factors termed as the like term

∴ The like terms are $yz$and$\frac{1}{2}yz$