by "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Apr 13, 2008 at 02:28 AM
On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:09:59 -0700 (PDT), unclemuffin
<unclemuffin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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in alt.algebra.help:
> Tim,
> Thank you very much for the solution. I am trying to
> understand your solution but I am getting lost on the
> part where you factor out b.
> Can you detail for me how you factor out the b in
> -b + (d * b)
> to get
> b * (-1 + d)
-b + (d * b) = ((-1) * b) + (d * b) = [(-1) + d] * b =
b * (-1 + d)
Brian
