{"id":18368,"date":"2026-05-03T03:58:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T21:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/combine-like-terms-98\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T03:58:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T21:58:03","slug":"combine-like-terms-98","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/combine-like-terms-98\/","title":{"rendered":"Combine Like Terms 98"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Simplify: (-8x &#8211; 3y + 10) + (-6x &#8211; 2y + 5).<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options wp-block-list\">\n<li>-14x &#8211; 5y + 15<\/li>\n<li>-13x &#8211; 5y + 15<\/li>\n<li>-14x &#8211; 6y + 15<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[2705,2722],"subject":[1425],"education_level":[1894],"class_list":["post-18368","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-algebra","topic-simplifying-expressions","subject-mathematics","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"Combine only like terms. The x-coefficients give -8 + (-6) = -14; the y-coefficients give -3 + (-2) = -5; constants give 10 + (5) = 15. Therefore the simplified expression is -14x - 5y + 15.","mcq_options":[{"right":"yes","answer":"-14x - 5y + 15"},{"right":"no","answer":"-13x - 5y + 15"},{"right":"no","answer":"-14x - 6y + 15"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":1425,"title":"Mathematics","slug":"mathematics"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":2705,"title":"Algebra","slug":"algebra"},{"id":2722,"title":"Simplifying Expressions","slug":"simplifying-expressions"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/18368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=18368"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=18368"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=18368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}