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ThomasMagnus
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Hello,
I wanted to confirm that I am understanding something correctly. I have been doing this all the time, and have never had any problems with it. For some reason now I am wanting to confirm it.
So, if you have something such as: x3-6+y2-√z it would be equivalent to write it as: y2+x3-√z-6
Can you always rearrange terms like this, no matter what they are? What I do is write it as an addition problem so I can change the order, since you can change the order in addition.
For example if you have: log(x)-x3 you could write it as log(x)+(-x3) then as -x3 + log(x).
Just as -11+5-3+5=-4 would be the same as 5-11-3+5=-4 or -11-3+5+5=-4
Does my reasoning seem correct?
Thanks
I wanted to confirm that I am understanding something correctly. I have been doing this all the time, and have never had any problems with it. For some reason now I am wanting to confirm it.
So, if you have something such as: x3-6+y2-√z it would be equivalent to write it as: y2+x3-√z-6
Can you always rearrange terms like this, no matter what they are? What I do is write it as an addition problem so I can change the order, since you can change the order in addition.
For example if you have: log(x)-x3 you could write it as log(x)+(-x3) then as -x3 + log(x).
Just as -11+5-3+5=-4 would be the same as 5-11-3+5=-4 or -11-3+5+5=-4
Does my reasoning seem correct?
Thanks
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