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Simplify (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] the_tab_key 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So then you wouldn't use factoring to simplify the math I gave you?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'd use it to solve it, as per my previous comment on the difference between solving and simplifying.

[–] the_tab_key 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

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.