How is adding and subtracting decimals different from adding and subtracting whole numbers?

2 answers:

7 0

It isn't different, it is very much the same
1-1 = 0
.1-.1 = 0
5.25 - 3.75 = 1.50
1.0005 +1.005 = 2.0055
just make sure to line the decimal places on top of each other <span />

qaws [65]2 years ago

3 0

There really isn't any difference about it other than the fact that there is a decimal point next to the number.

You could literally add the a decimal point to a whole number to make it a decimal

2=2.0

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$(a+b)^n = \displaystyle \sum_{k=0}^n \binom nk a^{n-k} b^k$

1. The binomial expansion of $\left(1+\frac x3\right)^7$ is

$\left(1 + \dfrac x3\right)^7 = \displaystyle\sum_{k=0}^7 \binom 7k 1^{7-k} \left(\frac x3\right)^k = \sum_{k=0}^7 \binom 7k \frac{x^k}{3^k}$

Observe that

$k = 1 \implies \dbinom 71 \left(\dfrac x3\right)^1 = \dfrac73 x$

$k = 2 \implies \dbinom 72 \left(\dfrac x3\right)^2 = \dfrac73 x^2$

When we multiply these by $8-9x$ ,

• $8$ and $\frac73 x^2$ combine to make $\frac{56}3 x^2$

• $-9x$ and $\frac73 x$ combine to make $-\frac{63}3 x^2 = -21x^2$

and the sum of these terms is

$\dfrac{56}3 x^2 - 21x^2 = \boxed{-\dfrac73 x^2}$

2. The binomial expansion is

$\left(2a - \dfrac b2\right)^8 = \displaystyle \sum_{k=0}^8 \binom 8k (2a)^{8-k} \left(-\frac b2\right)^k = \sum_{k=0}^8 \binom 8k 2^{8-2k} a^{8-k} b^k$