7/2/2021 Algebra Cheat Sheet - Symbolab

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Number Rules

a·0=0 1·a=a

Expand Rules
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− ( a ± b ) = −a ∓ b a ( b + c ) = ab + ac

a ( b + c ) ( d + e ) = abd + abe + acd + ace ( a + b ) ( c + d ) = ac + ad + bc + bd

m

− ( −a ) = a
bo

Fractions Rules

0 a
la

 a = 0 , a ≠ 0  1 = a

a
(  ab )−1 =  1 =  ba
b

 a = 1 a
 b

−1
(  ab )−c = ( (  ab ) −1) c = (  ba ) c a =  1
a

−b −a a
a =  1b  −b =  b
a

−a a a a
  b = −  b  −b = −  b

a a·c b
 b =   b  c
= b
 c  a c·a

1 c
 b =  b
 c

Absolute Rules

| −a | = | a | |a| = a , a ≥ 0

| ax | = a | x | , a ≥ 0

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Exponent Rules

a 1
1 =1 a =a

0 a
a =1 , a≠0 0 =0 , a≠0

( ab ) n = anbn m
Sy
a m−n
  n =a , m>n
a

m b+c b c
a = 1 , n>m a =a a
m
  n   n−m
a a
bo
( ab ) c = ab·c a
bx
= (a
b x )

c c c c
a · b = (a · b )
(  ab )c =  ab c
la
b
Radical Rules

√1 =1 √0 =0

n m
√n am
1
√ a = a  n = a  n

√a √a =a √n an = a, a ≥ 0

√n an = |a|, n is even √n an = a, n is odd

n n n n a n
√ ab = √ a √ b , a,b ≥ 0
√ √a
 b =  n , a,b ≥ 0
√b

Factor Rules

2 2
x − y = (x − y ) (x + y )

x + y = ( x + y ) ( x − xy + y )
3 3 2 2

n n n−1 n−2 n−2 n−1

x − y = ( x − y ) (x +x y + … + xy +y )

n n n−1 n−2 n−2 n−1

x + y = ( x + y ) (x −x y + … − xy +y )         n is odd

( 2n ) n ) (√ a xn − √ b )
ax − b = (√ a x + √ b

( 4)
− b = (√ a x + √ b ) ( √ a x2 − √ b )
2
ax

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( 2n ) ( 2m ) n m ) ( √ a xn − √ b ym )
= (√ a x + √ b y
ax

ax
Sy ( 4)
− by

− by
(4)
= (√ a x + √ b y
2 2 ) ( √ a x2 − √ b y2 )

m
Factorial Rules

n! 1 bo
 ( n + m ) ! =  ( n + 1 ) · ( n + 2 ) ⋯ ( n + m )
n! ( ) ( )
 ( n − m ) ! = n · n − 1 ⋯ n − m + 1 ,n > m

0! = 1
la n! = 1 · 2⋯ ( n − 2 ) · ( n − 1 ) · n

Log Rules

log ( 1 ) = 0
b loga ( a ) = 1

b
loga ( x ) = b · loga ( x ) logab ( x ) =  1 loga ( x )
b

log  1 ( x ) = −loga ( x )
(x)
loga  1 = −loga ( x ) a

loga ( b ) =  ln ( b ) logx ( x

n ) =n
ln ( a )

loga ( b )
logx ( (  1x ) n) = −n a =b

Undefined

0 x
0 = Undefined  0 = Undefined

loga ( b ) = Undefined , a ≤ 0 loga ( b ) = Undefined , b ≤ 0

log1 ( a ) = Undefined

Complex Number Rules

2 √ −1 = i
i = −1

√ −a = √ −1 √ a
Sy
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