document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1035315>Question 1035315</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I was wondering if you have a statement such as (a/c + b/c)^2 and you want to factor out the 1/c, do you have to also take its square root? since its inside brackets that are raised to the second power?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "e.g. 1/sqrt(c) * (a + b)^2 ???\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If I am correct, what is this technique called so that I can learn more about it?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thank you.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stephen. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "(a/c + b/c)^2 = [(1/c)*(a+b)]^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= (1/c)^2*(a+b)^2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It has to be squared, not square root.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Zat make sense? </SPAN>\n" );
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