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[-] the_tab_key@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

So then you wouldn't use factoring to simplify the math I gave you?

[-] SmartmanApps@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

I'd use it to solve it, as per my previous comment on the difference between solving and simplifying.

[-] the_tab_key@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

By your words: you solve an equation. What I gave you to simplify was an algebraic fraction. As a teacher you should have realized that.

[-] SmartmanApps@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

Nope. You gave me something to solve, as I already said. If I have x²-x and want to solve it, I use x(x-1) to find the roots - that isn't simplifying, that's solving.

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