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Animation showing the use of synthetic division to find the quotient of + + + by .Note that there is no term in , so the fourth column from the right contains a zero.. In algebra, synthetic division is a method for manually performing Euclidean division of polynomials, with less writing and fewer calculations than long division.
[3] [4] Expressions can be evaluated or simplified by replacing operations that appear in them with their result. For example, the expression 8 × 2 − 5 {\displaystyle 8\times 2-5} simplifies to 16 − 5 {\displaystyle 16-5} , and evaluates to 11. {\displaystyle 11.}
It was common into the 18th century to use an abbreviation of the word equals as the symbol for equality; examples included æ and œ , from the Latin aequālis. [10] Diophantus's use of ἴσ , short for ἴσος (ísos 'equals'), in Arithmetica (c. 250 AD) is considered one of the first uses of an equals sign. [11]
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Simplification is the process of replacing a mathematical expression by an equivalent one that is simpler (usually shorter), according to a well-founded ordering. Examples include: