Talk:Sides of an equation
Latest comment: 10 years ago by Art LaPella in topic What about if the equation has more than one equals sign?
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What about if the equation has more than one equals sign?
editSometimes when you evolve an expression, you will use equals signs to separate the different versions of the expression. If one of the sides in an equation is evolved that way, what you will end up with is an equation that contains more than one equals signs. What do you call the different "sides" then? Do they have some special name or do you just call them "expressions" or "parts of an equation"? —Kri (talk) 17:49, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
- You mean like (x+1)(x+2)=x(x+2)+1(x+2)=x2+2x+x+2=x2+3x+2? No special name I know of. "Right-hand side" isn't much of a special name either; it's just the side on the right. But I have seen at least one math teacher write "RHS" on the blackboard surrounded by algebra, and if you weren't paying attention you wouldn't know what it stood for. Art LaPella (talk) 19:40, 30 March 2014 (UTC)