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mindbleach@sh.itjust.works ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Because BRACKETS - ab=(axb) BY DEFINITION

“Parentheses must be introduced”!

But you understand E=mc^2^ does not mean E=(mxc)^2^.

This is you acknowledging that distribution and juxtaposition are only multiplication - and only precede other multiplication.

In your chosen Introduction To Algebra, Chrystal 1817, on page 80 (page 100 of the PDF you used), under Exercises XII, question 24 reads (x+1)(x-1)+2(x+2)(x+3)=3(x+1)^2^. The answer on page 433 of the PDF reads -2. If 3(x+1)^2^ worked the way you pretend it does, that would mean 3=9.

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