Question

Identify the pairs of like terms among the following.

$a^{2}b$ and $a{b}^2$

Answer 1

Like terms are the terms which have same variables raised to the same power.

In $a^{2}b$ and $a{b}^2$ variables are $a^{2}b$ and $a{b}^2$ in these two terms power of variables is different.

Hence, $a^{2}b$ and $a{b}^2$ are not like terms.