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Multiplying two things makes them one term.
"When a product involves a variable, it is customary to omit the symbol X of multiplication. Thus, 3 X n is written 3n and means three times n, and a X b is written ab and means a times b." Modern Algebra: Structure And Method, page 36. Immediately before the definition you're now lying about.
Fuck your non-sequitur. a(b+c)^2^ is a*(b+c)^2^, as backed up by - for example - these four math textbooks. No textbook will ever say it produces an a^2^ term. You made it up. You're just full of shit.
You so nearly had it, look "two things"! Yes axb is 2 Terms being Multiplied to make them one 😂
Nope! Says exactly what I already said, and I have no idea why you think it says otherwise. Now read the next page, which tells you ab is one Term and doesn't say that axb is 1 Term. 🙄 You're proven wrong by the very textbook you're quoting from! 😂
Says person trying to disprove a(b+c)=(ab+ac) by dragging a(bc)²=ab²c² to try and make a false equivalence argument 😂
No it isn't! 😂 The first is one term, the second is two terms
Says Mr. Ostrich, still ignoring the dozens of textbooks I posted saying a(b+c)=(ab+ac)
No, it produces an ab term and an ac term, a(b+c)=(ab+ac) 🙄
Says Mr. Ostrich, now completely full of shit, still ignoring the dozens of textbooks I posted, including ones written before I was even born
Yes... to make them one.
a*b and ab are both the product of a and b, and a product is one term. As explained by the textbook you chose.
a*b^2^ is ab^2^, even if b=(x+y). No textbook you're grasping for contains your made-up exception. They all show what I'm rubbing your nose in. You're just full of shit.
Nope. Only ab is the product of a and b. axb is Multiplication of 2 terms
If you had read more than 2 sentences of it, you would discover that you cannot use axb to show the product, only ab 🙄
No it isn't 😂 1/axb²=b²/a. 1/ab²=1/ab². Welcome to why we teach students about Terms 🙄
Law is the word you're looking for, and I posted dozens of them here in this post which you keep ignoring Mr. Ostrich
Nope, they all show you are full of shit Mr. Ostrich. See previous link
"a X b is written ab and means a times b."
Rub rub rub.
Notice that it doesn't say equals, speaking of Illiterate fraud, as per your other comment 🙄
They're more than equal - ab means a*b. It's an identity, which you'd understand, if you weren't lying about being a teacher.
They're not equal at all 🙄
If a=2, b=3...
1/ab=1/(2x3)=1/6
1/axb=1/2x3=3/2=1.5
Nope! axb==ab is an identity, which is NOT how it's written, "illiterate fraud" as per your other comment
says person who is lying about what the textbook says 🙄
Convention saying 1/a(b+c)^2^ is 1/(a(b+c)^2^) instead of (1/a)(b+c)^2^ doesn't change how only (b+c) is squared.
There's no such convention, given it would violate The Distributive Law 🙄
You can't keep your own horseshit straight.
No idea what you're talking about, again, I've been saying the same thing the whole time
You sneered about 1/ab five minutes ago.
Troll.
Yet again, I have no idea what you're talking about
says person who can't back up anything they say about Terms with textbook references 🙄
"a X b is written ab and means a times b."
Rub rub rub.