Nicole She's answer to Nicole She's Secondary 3 A Maths Singapore question.

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Nicole She
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Jia yang could u look at my answer and help me see what is wrong
Eric Nicholas K
Eric Nicholas K
5 years ago
Let me see...wait
Eric Nicholas K
Eric Nicholas K
5 years ago
The second expansion, be careful of the -ve sign when you expand
Eric Nicholas K
Eric Nicholas K
5 years ago
Negative (square root x)^1/2

You cannot bring the negative sign to the power

-x^0.5 is NOT the same as x^(-0.5)

So do the following terms.
Nicole She
Nicole She
5 years ago
Ok thank you Nicholas
Eric Nicholas K
Eric Nicholas K
5 years ago
So the expansion in the second version should look exactly like the first but instead of + + + + + +, you will get + - + - + - as the coefficients