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 June 18th, 2016, 04:52 AM #1 Newbie   Joined: Jun 2016 From: Maine Posts: 9 Thanks: 1 Math Focus: Enjoyed algebra for its utility Simple Arithmetic that makes me bang my head So I'm trying to study math again and looking at an algebra cheat sheet. How does this make sense? (a-b) / (c-d) = (b-a) / (d-c) HELP!
 June 18th, 2016, 04:55 AM #2 Math Team   Joined: Jul 2011 From: Texas Posts: 2,843 Thanks: 1484 $\dfrac{a-b}{c-d} = \dfrac{-1(a-b)}{-1(c-d)}= \dfrac{b-a}{d-c}$ Thanks from cold4betbluff
June 18th, 2016, 05:00 AM   #3
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 Originally Posted by skeeter $\dfrac{a-b}{c-d} = \dfrac{-1(a-b)}{-1(c-d)}= \dfrac{b-a}{d-c}$
Btw is that a program that you use to show the numbers?

June 18th, 2016, 05:04 AM   #4
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 Originally Posted by cold4betbluff Btw is that a program that you use to show the numbers?
Latex math formatting is available on this site ...

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June 19th, 2016, 05:49 AM   #5
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 Originally Posted by cold4betbluff Btw is that a program that you use to show the numbers?
If you want to start learning LaTeX, a good way is to reply with quote to a post using LaTeX. You will then see the actual code in the reply box.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:LaTeX_symbols

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