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  2. Algebraic operation - Wikipedia

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    Multiplication symbols are usually omitted, and implied, when there is no operator between two variables or terms, or when a coefficient is used. For example, 3 × x 2 is written as 3x 2, and 2 × x × y is written as 2xy. [5] Sometimes, multiplication symbols are replaced with either a dot or center-dot, so that x × y is written as either x ...

  3. Cross-multiplication - Wikipedia

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    The rule of three [1] was a historical shorthand version for a particular form of cross-multiplication that could be taught to students by rote. It was considered the height of Colonial maths education [2] and still figures in the French national curriculum for secondary education, [3] and in the primary education curriculum of Spain. [4]

  4. Elementary algebra - Wikipedia

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    For example, taking the statement x + 1 = 0, if x is substituted with 1, this implies 1 + 1 = 2 = 0, which is false, which implies that if x + 1 = 0 then x cannot be 1. If x and y are integers, rationals, or real numbers, then xy = 0 implies x = 0 or y = 0. Consider abc = 0. Then, substituting a for x and bc for y, we learn a = 0 or bc = 0.

  5. Order of operations - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] Thus, in the expression 1 + 2 × 3, the multiplication is performed before addition, and the expression has the value 1 + (2 × 3) = 7, and not (1 + 2) × 3 = 9. When exponents were introduced in the 16th and 17th centuries, they were given precedence over both addition and multiplication and placed as a superscript to the right of ...

  6. Extraneous and missing solutions - Wikipedia

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    The problem is that multiplication by zero is not invertible: if we multiply by any nonzero value, we can reverse the step by dividing by the same value, but division by zero is not defined, so multiplication by zero cannot be reversed. More subtly, suppose we take the same equation and multiply both sides by . We get

  7. Multiplication algorithm - Wikipedia

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    Karatsuba multiplication is an O(n log 2 3) ≈ O(n 1.585) divide and conquer algorithm, that uses recursion to merge together sub calculations. By rewriting the formula, one makes it possible to do sub calculations / recursion. By doing recursion, one can solve this in a fast manner.

  8. Multiplication - Wikipedia

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    Area of a cloth 4.5m × 2.5m = 11.25m 2; 4 ⁠ 1 / 2 ⁠ × 21 / 2 ⁠ = 11 ⁠ 1 / 4 ⁠ Multiplication (often denoted by the cross symbol × , by the mid-line dot operator ⋅ , by juxtaposition, or, on computers, by an asterisk * ) is one of the four elementary mathematical operations of arithmetic, with the other ones being addition ...

  9. Product (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a product is the result of multiplication, or an expression that identifies objects (numbers or variables) to be multiplied, called factors.For example, 21 is the product of 3 and 7 (the result of multiplication), and (+) is the product of and (+) (indicating that the two factors should be multiplied together).