Vangie Ooi Yun Ti's answer to shermaine's Secondary 1 Maths question.

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As mentioned, they are opposites (expansion and factorisation). What you have on top is expansion, so you're multiplying what's in front to what is inside your brackets.

Factorisation is the opoosite. So you're putting things into brackets.