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If you can simplify before distributing - and the PDFs you spam say you can - then there is no difference. You made it the fuck up.
2(n)^2^ is 2n^2^ whether n=a+b or n=a*b=ab. If you want to square the 2, that's (2n)^2^.
It's not about the multiply sign, or grouping, or division. You fooled yourself into saying 2=1.
They say you can do that when there is Addition or Subtraction inside the Brackets. They also say you cannot Distribute over Multiplication, at all
There is no difference between Addition and Multiplication?? 😂
And yet, there it is in textbooks that were written before I was even born 😂
Nope! a(b+c)=(ab+ac). a(bxc)=abc
...or 2²xn², or 2(½n+½n)²
Yes it is! 😂 If there's a Multiply or a Divide, you cannot Distribute.
Not me! 😂
Every textbook with an answer key says you're full of shit.
Physical calculators say you're full of shit.
Advanced math programs say you're full of shit.
You can keep talking, but you're obviously just full of shit.
At some point you're either so deep in denial you should speak Swahili, or else being wrong on purpose is the point. The answer in either case is shut the fuck up.
2(n)^2^ is 2n^2^. Anything else is an inane complication nobody else believes in or uses or needs.
Says person who can't find a Maths textbook that says a(bxc)=(abxac) 🙄
I'm gonna presume that's why you keep claiming a(bxc)=(abxac) 🙄
says person still not doing that 😂
No it isn't! 😂 2xn² is
Except for authors of Maths textbooks 😂
b*c is one term.
Show me one textbook where a(b+c)^2^ gets an a^2^ term. Here's four in a row that say you're full of shit.
So no answer for centuries of textbooks saying you're full of shit.