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#1 (permalink)   08-11-2006

Robert Contributing Member   Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 51 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts

Can you find the solution? What is the value of this expression? (x - a) * (x - b) * (x - c) * ... * (x - z) = ?

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#2 (permalink)   08-14-2006

sripri Expert Member   Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 101 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts

Re: Can you find the solution? Hurray!! I could find the solution. The value of the expression is zero.This is because in the expression there is a term (x-x) which would result in zero and zero multiplied by anything is zero.

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