Identify the pairs of like terms among the following.
$3 x^{2}$ and $- \frac{1}{4} x^{2}$

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Solution

Like terms are the terms which have same variables raised to the same power.
In $3 x^{2}$ and $- \frac{1}{4} x^{2}$ , variable is $x^{2}$ in each term with same power .
Hence, $3 x^{2}$ and $- \frac{1}{4} x^{2}$ are like terms.

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