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This interactive Algebra Refresher Booklet provides help and practice with algebra.

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${(\\simplify {t  + {a}})^2}$   and   $ t^2 + \\var{asq}$

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Yes, the expressions are equivalent.

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No, the expressions will not always take the same value.

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$ \\var{b}(\\simplify{t + {c}})$ and $\\var{b}t +\\var{c}$

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Yes, the expressions are equivalent.

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No, the expressions will not always have the same value.

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$ \\dfrac { \\var{d}t - \\var{f}}{\\var{g}}$ and $ \\var{h}t - \\var{j}$

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Yes, the expressions are equivalent.

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Two algebraic expressions are equivalent if they take the same value whatever the value of the variable (in this case $t$).

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Are the following pairs of expressions equivalent?

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True/false questions on multiplying brackets and dividing an expression by a number.

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