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Old 12-03-2005, 05:12 AM
garyjacosta garyjacosta is offline
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Default Re: Simple math/syntax problem

X is understood as (1) x (X)
A (-) before X applies to the lead coefficient (1)
Therefore:
When X=5
-(1) x^2 = -25
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