NOTE. It is important to notice in the above examples that the terms of the quotient are all positive when the divisor is a — b, and alternately positive and negative when the divisor is a + b... A School Algebra - Page 83by George Albert Wentworth - 1891 - 362 pagesFull view - About this book
| Webster Wells - 1885 - 368 pages
...with Art. 99, the following principles are of great importance : If n is any whole number, (1) a" + b" is divisible by a + b if n is odd, and by neither...is odd, and by both a + b and a — b if n is even. EXAMPLES. 101. 1. Divide a7 - b'< bу ab. Applying the laws of Art. 99, we have ot 0 ,1 r, , , a-6... | |
| Webster Wells - Algebra - 1885 - 372 pages
...principles are of gre?«; importance : If n is any whole number, (1) a" 4 4" is divisible by a + bif n is odd, and by neither a + b nor a — b if n is...is odd, and by both a + b and a — b if n is even. EXAMPLES. 101. 1. Divide о7 — V by a — b. Applying the laws of Art. 99, we have 7 = a6 + cfb +... | |
| Webster Wells - Algebra - 1885 - 324 pages
...b" is divisible by a + b if n is odd, and by neither a + b nor a — b if n is even. (2) a" — bn is divisible by a — b if n is odd, and by both a + b and a — b if n is even. EXAMPLES. 101. 1. Divide a" - b' by о - b. Applying the laws of Art. 99, we have dV a — b = a6 +... | |
| William Frothingham Bradbury - Algebra - 1889 - 444 pages
...following laws will enable one readily to do this : 1. The terms of the quotient, or second factor, are all positive when the divisor is a — b, and...alternately positive and negative when the divisor is a + b. 2. The number of terms always corresponds to the degree of the binomial. 3. a appears in the first... | |
| George Albert Wentworth - Algebra - 1891 - 544 pages
...nor a — b if n is even. (2) a" — 6" is divisible by а — Ъ if n is odd, and by both ь + Ъ and a — b if n is even. NOTE. It is important to...the quotient are all positive when the divisor is a — 6, and alternately positive and negative when the divisor is a + b ; also, that the quotient is... | |
| William Frothingham Bradbury, Grenville C. Emery - Algebra - 1894 - 166 pages
...Attention to the following laws will enable one readily to write out the factors of such expressions. 1. The terms of the quotient are all positive when the...alternately positive and negative when the divisor is a + b. 2. The number of terms corresponds to the degree of the binomial. 4. The exponent of a in the first... | |
| Emerson Elbridge White - Algebra - 1896 - 418 pages
...odd, and by neither a + b nor a — b if n is even. 174. It is seen from Formulas (2) and (4) m § 172 that the terms of the quotient are all positive when the divisor is a — 6; and from (1) and (3), that the terms are alternately positive and negative when the divisor... | |
| George Albert Wentworth - Algebra - 1897 - 540 pages
...b" is divisible by a + b if n is odd, and by neither a + b nor a — b if n is even. (2) a" — bn is divisible by a — b if n is odd, and by both a...the quotient are all positive when the divisor is a — 6, and alternately positive and negative when the divisor is a + i; also, that the quotient is... | |
| George Albert Wentworth - 1898 - 436 pages
...4• &" is divisible by a + b if n is odd, and bij neither a + b nor a — b if n is even. 2. "" — b" is divisible by a — b if n is odd, and by both...alternately positive and negative when the divisor is a + 6 ; also, that the quotient is homogeneous, the exponent of a decreasing and of b increasing by 1... | |
| George Albert Wentworth - 1898 - 424 pages
...a" + b" is divisible by a + b if n is odd, and by neither a + b nor a - b if n is even. 2. a" — ba is divisible by a — b if n is odd, and by both a...the quotient are all positive when the divisor is a — 6, and alternately positive and negative when the divisor is а + 6 ; also, that the quotient is... | |
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