So in summary yes I was being an idiot. Truly have no idea why this has caused me a problem, but thank you very much for your help!
Very glad I've found this site as something like this is bound to happen to me at some point (for example in the next hour maybe?)
Sam
Thank you for replying, I'm re-reading what I have on the distributive law but I can't see how to apply that to the equation, I'm sorry about this, I've been looking around for a long time by myself not wanting to waste anybody's time and now when somebody is telling me what to look at I'm still...
Hello,
I feel like I should know this already and feel foolish having to ask, however can someone please explain why:
a^2 - \frac {b^2a^2} {c^2} = d is the same as: a^2 (1 - \frac {b^2} {c^2}) = d
Again, sorry if this really is something incredibly obvious, for some reason I am just...