tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91398273844627348162024-02-08T06:37:20.141-08:00Calista ChanAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03008510636442059734noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139827384462734816.post-51074122922940792732012-06-19T05:42:00.001-07:002012-06-19T05:42:19.898-07:00<span style="font-size: small;">The difference between factorization and expansion</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">An example of factorization could be</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>6c-30=3(2c-10)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">where it is clearly shown that the common factor of both 6c and -30, 3, is moved to the outside of the parentheses,<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: small;">hence the term factorization.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Expansion is almost the opposite of factorization. For example,</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>2(3a+6)=6a+12</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">the parentheses are removed, 3a and 6 are multiplied by 2.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hence, factorization is then process of removing factors from and equation, while expansion is multiplying the equation in the parentheses (eg. in the example for expansion, 3a+6) by the factor outside the parentheses</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03008510636442059734noreply@blogger.com0