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In my limited math experience, I really found an appreciation of the number one. My favorite part of high school algebra was realizing that "solving for x" was
by mikea1 3y ago
In my limited math experience, I really found an appreciation of the number one. My favorite part of high school algebra was realizing that "solving for x" was often just a repeated exercise of multiplying each side of the equation by a "clever form of one."
- User3456335 3y agoSolving for x often entails multiplying both sides by the same number, not necessarily one. Perhaps you're referring to simplifying fractions where you do often multiply by a clever form of one?
- mikea1 3y agoAh, yes, you are absolutely correct. The _clever form of one_ trick did not apply as often as I recalled!