Sjmarf to Math Memes@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish • 21 days agoSimplifysh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up1332arrow-down111
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minus-square@the_tab_keylinkEnglish1•9 days agoSo then you wouldn’t use factoring to simplify the math I gave you?
minus-square💡𝚂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝙰𝗉𝗉𝗌📱linkfedilinkEnglish1•9 days agoI’d use it to solve it, as per my previous comment on the difference between solving and simplifying.
minus-square@the_tab_keylinkEnglish1•7 days 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📱linkfedilinkEnglish1•7 days 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.