Question

State whether true or false:

$-2x{y}^2,5y^{2}x$ are like terms

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is A True

We know that like terms are terms that contain the same variables raised to the same exponent (power). Only the numerical coefficients are different.

Here, $-2x{y}^2$ and $5y^{2}x$ are like terms since they contain the same variable $x$ and $y$ to the same power, the power of $x$ is $1$ in both terms and the power of $y$ is $2$ in both terms.

Hence, the like terms are $(-2x{y}^2,5y^{2}x)$