Math Problem Help
 

Ok well I got this math problem today for extra credit and wanted to know if anyone knew a simple way to do it.

Its a factoring type of problem-
Example (x-A)(x-B) = (x2-B-A +BA)
(x-a)(x-b)(x-c)(x-d)(x-e)......All the way to (x-z)

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simple its just all of that times 2 which would equal X2 a-b-c-d-e-f-g-h-i-j-k-l-m-n-o-p-q-r-s-t-u-v-w-x-y-z + ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

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I don't have math classes anymore so I can laugh at you :D


:lol:

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Example (x-A)(x-B) = (x2-B-A +BA)

that isn't even right.

(x-a)(x-b)

x^2 - xb - ax + ab
x^2 - (a+b)x + ab

as for your problem like hell am I going to do it. It'll start off with X^26 though, but I'm sure you'll see the pattern

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well would it be x2 or x26-a-zX+a-z?

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:nodding: He is right. :deal:

Remember, FOIL is your friend!

BTW, CaloTyst, love that sig quote. Who said that?

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I don't know, I laughed at it since it was rediculous.

Anyways foil sucks. I just multiply every term by everything. I find it faster... and speed is what math is about.

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And your unemployed! yay!
:D

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Its because i'm studying in human science. Of course I have a statistic class but its really too easy to be called maths.

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statistics

very exciting eh?

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Seriously, its the most boring class i had since.. well.. since.. ever.

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if you havent figured it out yet the answer to your problem should be zero only because of (x-x)

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Ooh, looks fun, factorisation. One of my most favorite past times along with nitting and watching paint dry.

I'll just be walking 100,000,000km in the opposite way now, thanks.

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Well I'll be damned, you're right.

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yup the anwer was 0

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Indeed it was. Give us a harder one :D