Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Math Memes@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 1 year agoSimplifysh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up1342
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minus-squarethe_tab_key@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoSo then you wouldn’t use factoring to simplify the math I gave you?
minus-square💡𝚂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝙰𝗉𝗉𝗌📱@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI’d use it to solve it, as per my previous comment on the difference between solving and simplifying.
minus-squarethe_tab_key@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoBy your words: you solve an equation. What I gave you to simplify was an algebraic fraction. As a teacher you should have realized that.
minus-square💡𝚂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝙰𝗉𝗉𝗌📱@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoNope. 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.
So then you wouldn’t use factoring to simplify the math I gave you?
I’d use it to solve it, as per my previous comment on the difference between solving and simplifying.
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.
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.