Answer
Like terms are terms that have exactly the same variable factors.
Work Step by Step
The terms of an algebraic expressions are those parts separated by addition.
A term can be a number, a variable, or a number times some variables.
Like terms are terms that have exactly the same variable factors.
For example, in
$2x+3xy-2y+6-x+5xy+2, $
the like terms are
$2x$ and $-x,$
$3xy$ and $5xy,$
$6$ and $2,$
