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-And something called simplifying algebra (this is the thing that I don't get the most)
Example question: (a+b)(2a^2-2b) Simplify.
i'd say this is simplified, but i guess you want me to expand. when we are expanding two or more sets of brackets, we peform the following procedure. we the the first term from the first set of brackets and multiply everything in the second set of brackets, then we take the second term in the first set of brackets and multiply everything in the second set and so on. then we add (or subtract) accordingly. for more than two sets of brackets, we do it two at a time.