Which of the following is a like term of $7 x y$ ?

$- 0.1 x y$

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x^{2} y

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\frac{7 x}{y}

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\frac{7 y}{x}

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Solution

The correct option is A
$- 0.1 x y$

(a). $- 0.1 x y$

Like terms have the same variables with the same exponents. Coefficients of like terms need not match.
So here, $7 x y$ and $- 0.1 x y$ form a pair of like terms.

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