Math Fashion Tips: Factored vs. Expanded
Fashion commentary on two equivalent notations: Factored vs. Expanded.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2025-05-25-math-fashion-tips--factored/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
x⁴ − 1: "coy, flirtatious, a hint of mystery" vs. (x − 1)(x + 1)(x − i)(x + i): "messy, overshare, like explaining a dream to someone"