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Expanding Identities

The document provides formulas for expanding expressions involving addition and subtraction of terms. It then lists 25 exercises asking the reader to use the formulas to expand expressions involving variables like x, y, a and b. The reader is instructed to state the values of a and b before expanding each expression.
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Expanding Identities

The document provides formulas for expanding expressions involving addition and subtraction of terms. It then lists 25 exercises asking the reader to use the formulas to expand expressions involving variables like x, y, a and b. The reader is instructed to state the values of a and b before expanding each expression.
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Dimitris Haralampidis

Expanding identities
a b a 2 2ab b 2
2
a b a 2 2ab b 2
2

a b a 3 3a 2b 3ab 2 b 3
3
a b a 3 3a 2b 3ab 2 b 3
a b a b a b
3

Using the above formulas expand the following expressions.


1) x 3
2

2) 2x 5
2

3) 3
2

4) 3x 5y
2

5) x 5y
2

6)

5 6

7) x
2

8) 6
4

9) x 2 y
2

10) y
y

11)

3x 5

Dimitris Haralampidis

12)

3 b

13)

6 7

x y
14)
2 3

15) 3x 2y
3

16) x x 2
3

17) 3x
2

18) 2x 3y
3

5x

19) y
2

20)

5 8

21) x 2 25
22) x 2 16
23) x 2 3

hint : 3 3

24) 5 x 2
25) 3x 2 5y 2

Hint : before you start each exercise state a and b.


3
2

For example at exercise 5 , a x and b 5y .

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