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fatreg Posts: > 500

Hello,

I've been asked to sort this out and tbh I haven't a scooby... not done algebra since I was a school...

Create an expression when expanded the coefficient is equal to constant terms...

(x+a) (x+b)

any ideas?

Cheers

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Posted: 2010-11-28 17:16:15
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tranced Posts: > 500

(x+a) (x+b)
It would be like this: x^2+ax+bx+ab
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Posted: 2010-11-28 19:47:00
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weirdwilli Posts: 415

Think of it like that, with the thicker lines noting the things you have to multiply

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Posted: 2010-11-28 19:55:29
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fatreg Posts: > 500

2 diff answers!

Cheers chaps..
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Posted: 2010-11-28 22:45:02
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Lollylost100 Posts: 459

Both are the same, just in different order.
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Posted: 2010-11-28 23:24:23
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weirdwilli Posts: 415

Sorry that's my bad, should have arranged them in the same order as Tranced to avoid confusion, both are 100% correct though
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Posted: 2010-11-28 23:31:23
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tranced Posts: > 500

weirdwilli
I had a teacher which used to say that that method was the happy face method.

I just put all the variable first and then the constant.
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Posted: 2010-11-29 00:01:54
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