there are different rules to follow on how to multiply and divide algebraic expressions. but its basics concerns on what kind of terms you are using and the deep concern about its exponents. when you multiply or divide, it is very basic to utilize the distributive method, exponents are being added when we multiply, while subtracted when we divide.
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There are a few rules for simplifying an algebraic expression. Specifically, one should combine like terms, and then they should try to isolate the variable by doing the opposite, either multiplication or division.
Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiplication or Division(whichever come first from left to right*), Addition or Subtraction *
If you multiply X by Y you have to write XY (in alphabetical order).If you divide X by 2 you should write X over 2 (like a fraction).
The rules are not the same.Multiplication is commutative whereas division is not.Multiplication is associative whereas division is not.
In mathematics, an expression is a finite combination of symbols that are well-formed according to the rules applicable in the context...