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Simplify (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 years ago by sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to c/mathmemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[–] the_tab_key@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Even if the x-x term didn't exist, the equation is already simplified (fully factored) so there is nothing to do anyway.

[–] SmartmanApps@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

is already simplified (fully factored)

No it isn't, given one of the factors is equal to zero. That's like saying 2/4 is fully simplified when clearly it isn't. Students lose marks in tests for not simplifying their answers. Writing 2/4 as an answer would only get half-marks. Similarly, the only full-marks answer to this question is 0.