document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=41513>Question 41513</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321286960/algebrahomeworkh></A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A student thinks that the expression (a+b)2 and a2+b2 are equal to one another.  How would you explain to the student why this is not so? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #26789 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley71><B>checkley71(8403)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley71><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=26789\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> LET A=3 & B=4 THEN (A+B)2 WOULD BE (3+4)2 OR 7*2=14\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3*2+4*2=6+8=14 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "HOWEVER IF THE 2 IS A POWER THEN (3+4)~2 OR 7~2=49 HOWEVER \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3~2+4~2 IS 9+16=25 </SPAN>\n" );
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