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• mindbleach@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  They’re more than equal - a*b means ab. It’s an identity, which you’d understand, if you weren’t lying about being a teacher.

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  • SmartmanApps@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    They’re more than equal

    They’re not equal at all 🙄

    If a=2, b=3…

    1/ab=1/(2x3)=1/6

    1/axb=1/2x3=3/2=1.5

    It’s an identity, which you’d understand

    Nope! axb==ab is an identity, which is NOT how it’s written, “illiterate fraud” as per your other comment

    if you weren’t lying about being a teacher

    says person who is lying about what the textbook says 🙄

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    • mindbleach@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Convention saying 1/a(b+c)^2^ is 1/(a(b+c)^2^) instead of (1/a)(b+c)^2^ doesn’t change how only (b+c) is squared.

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      • SmartmanApps@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Convention saying 1/a(b+c)2 is 1/(a(b+c)2)

        There’s no such convention, given it would violate The Distributive Law 🙄

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