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Thanks, i think i understand what i was doing wrong with how i was looking at it, for example, 2x^2 + 2x^2 = 4x^2, if x=2 then 4x^2 = 16 which is the same as 2^3+2^3 which equals 16. looking at how they are the same helps me to see the obvious mistake i was making, i was looking at 2^3 and was...

Alright here's my confusion, if i take say 3x^2 + 4x^2 ill end up with 7x^2 which i accepted was the correct way to think about it, but if i try the same problem without the x variable doing the same method, 3^2 + 4^2 = 7^2 this is obviously not the correct answer. Instead 3^2 = 9 and 4^2 = 16...