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#1 2007-03-01 09:18:26
- rainbow x
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can this be cancelled down?
is it possible for the following formula to be cancelled down? and if it cannot be cancelled down, why is that?
hope you can understand it, i drew it in paint lol.
thx for any help! =]
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#2 2007-03-01 11:39:12
- JaneFairfax
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Re: can this be cancelled down?
By cancelled down, do you mean simplified? Well, by opening up the big term on the left and rearranging, you can get
Thats simple enough, I suppose.
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#3 2007-03-01 12:03:12
- mathsyperson
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Re: can this be cancelled down?
You can also factorise it a bit further, to give
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
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#4 2007-03-01 12:55:05
- JaneFairfax
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Re: can this be cancelled down?
Eek! I missed that. 
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