Step-by-step guide to combining like terms: 5x + 2x = 7x and 9 remains unchanged, simplifying to 7x + 9.
A colorful educational graphic from Mashup Math showing the process of combining like terms in the expression 5x + 9 + 2x, resulting in 7x + 9.
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