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document.write( "This one I'm a bit confused, b2 – 2bc + c2 if b = 3 and c = –2.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "with the 2bc, do I multiply the three numbers together, or do I do each one seperate.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "combine like terms.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	5w + 5x – 9w- how do i figure out what goes where.  I'm trying to understand if the w and x represent something or I'm supposed to complete the equation as if they werent there.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "	Use the indicated property to write an expression that is equivalent to the following expression.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	(7 + 11) + 2        (associative property of addition)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Convert 43/6 to a mixed number.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Use ordinary division:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "divide 6 into 43; 6 goes into 43, 7 times with a remainder of 1:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A whole number of 7 and the remainder of 1 gives a fraction of 1/6.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The mixed number: 7 & 1/6<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This one I'm a bit confused, b2 – 2bc + c2 if b = 3 and c = –2.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "with the 2bc, do I multiply the three numbers together, or do I do each one separate?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Assuming you want to evalutate: b^2 - 2bc + c^2 when b=3 and c=-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You do multiply the three numbers, substitute 3 for b and -2 for c:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3^2) - (2*3*-2) + (-2^2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(9)   -   (-12)  + (+4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  9   +  12 +  4 = 25; remember; a minus, a minus, is a plus<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "combine like terms.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5w + 5x – 9w- how do i figure out what goes where. I'm trying to understand if the w and x represent something or I'm supposed to complete the equation as if they weren't there.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5w + 5x - 9w is  not an equation (no=sign), it's an expression<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x & w do represent something, but you don't care what, you just want to<BR>\n" );
document.write( "combine the variables that are the same:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Can be arranged like this:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x + 5w - 9w<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x - 4w, we combined the two w's, that's all you can do.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use the indicated property to write an expression that is equivalent to the following expression.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(7 + 11) + 2 (associative property of addition)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You know that the associative property of addition just means it does not matter in which order you add things up.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore (7 + 11) + 2  =  7 + (11 + 2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "or 11 + (7 + 2) is OK too<BR>\n" );
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