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What does sum mean in algebra 1?
Sum is the answer. Just like in regular math.
What is sum mean in math?
When you add two or more numbers together, the answer you get is called the sum.
What does it mean in maths when there is only one number in the brackets instead of a sum?
It means that the term inside the brackets needs to be multiplied by the previous term outside the bracket..
What is the math formula for mean?
Sum of numbers/Count of numbers.
When are brackets used?
Brackets are used when you want a part of the sum to be done first...EX. 5 + (4+1) On this sum you do the 4 plus 1 first then you add it to five. Brackets separate the sum out! In any case because my example was very easy you do what is in the brackets first
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