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Expanding brackets means multiplying everything inside the bracket by the letter or number outside the bracket. For example, in the expression \(3(m + 7)\) both \(m\) and 7 must be multiplied by 3: ...

MR. SMITH's small “Algebra” has deservedly obtained high favour in our schools for its lucidity. The work before us aims at presenting the solutions, not always necessarily in the shortest way, but ...

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