Re: avoid combining like terms in algebraic expression
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- Subject: [mg121152] Re: avoid combining like terms in algebraic expression
- From: Heike Gramberg <heike.gramberg at gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 06:06:29 -0400 (EDT)
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Maybe you could use Defer or HoldForm. Heike. On 30 Aug 2011, at 12:35, Phil Hammond wrote: > I'm generating problems for basic algebra students, and I would like > to present expressions with like terms (e.g. 3x + 4x) and have the > students combine them in their answers. Could somebody help me > persuade Mathematica to refrain from combining them automatically? > > Thanks- >
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- From: Phil Hammond <phil@hammondo.org>
- avoid combining like terms in algebraic expression