Eric Nicholas K's answer to Chelsea's Secondary 4 A Maths Singapore question.

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You can also multiply the expression by other linear terms such a - 2, but then the term in a2 survives and you will need to use the original equation to obtain a2 in terms of other terms so that the a2 gets substituted away.