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2. Distributive property - Wikipedia

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   In approximate arithmetic, such as floating-point arithmetic, the distributive property of multiplication (and division) over addition may fail because of the limitations of arithmetic precision. For example, the identity 1 / 3 + 1 / 3 + 1 / 3 = ( 1 + 1 + 1 ) / 3 {\displaystyle 1/3+1/3+1/3=(1+1+1)/3} fails in decimal arithmetic , regardless of ...

3. FOIL method - Wikipedia

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   The FOIL method is a special case of a more general method for multiplying algebraic expressions using the distributive law. The word FOIL was originally intended solely as a mnemonic for high-school students learning algebra. The term appears in William Betz's 1929 text Algebra for Today, where he states: [2]

4. Grid method multiplication - Wikipedia

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   The grid method uses the distributive property twice to expand the product, once for the horizontal factor, and once for the vertical factor. Historically the grid calculation (tweaked slightly) was the basis of a method called lattice multiplication , which was the standard method of multiple-digit multiplication developed in medieval Arabic ...

5. Order of operations - Wikipedia

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   [6] [7] [a] The parentheses can be omitted if the input is a single numerical variable or constant, [2] as in the case of sin x = sin(x) and sin π = sin(π). [a] Traditionally this convention extends to monomials; thus, sin 3x = sin(3x) and even sin ⁠ 1 / 2 ⁠ xy = sin(xy/2), but sin x + y = sin(x) + y, because x + y is not a monomial ...

6. Distributivity (order theory) - Wikipedia

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   An element x is called a dual distributive element if ∀y,z: x ∧ (y ∨ z) = (x ∧ y) ∨ (x ∧ z). In a distributive lattice, every element is of course both distributive and dual distributive. In a non-distributive lattice, there may be elements that are distributive, but not dual distributive (and vice versa).

7. Commutative property - Wikipedia

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   The Egyptians used the commutative property of multiplication to simplify computing products. [7] [8] Euclid is known to have assumed the commutative property of multiplication in his book Elements. [9] Formal uses of the commutative property arose in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, when mathematicians began to work on a theory of ...