Identify the pairs of like terms among the following.
$5 x$ and $5 x^{2}$

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Solution

Like terms are the terms which have same variables raised to the same power.
In $5 x$ and $5 x^{2}$ variables are $x$ and $x^{2}$ which raised to the different powers.
Hence, $5 x$ and $5 x^{2}$ are not like terms.

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