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Technical Documentation: Rules for Combining Resource Terms

Imagine you are drafting a 'Standard Operating Procedure' (SOP) for your company's data management team. The team needs to simplify algebraic expressions used in resource allocation formulas, such as combining $12x^2 and $8x^2. In your own words, describe the two specific criteria that must be met for two monomials to be considered 'like terms' and thus eligible to be added or subtracted. Then, explain the step-by-step process for performing the calculation, clearly stating what happens to the numerical coefficients and the variable parts (including their exponents).

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