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Old 01-15-2004, 07:40 PM   #4 (permalink)
lordjeebus
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Originally posted by AL9045
Another one is what's the product for this problem?

(x+a)(x+b)(x+c)...(x+z).

Thanks.
This one's not so tricky -- just really long and time-consuming.

Here's a hint. What's (x+a)? What's (x+a)(x+b)? What's (x+a)(x+b)(x+c)? What's (x+a)(x+b)(x+c)(x+d)?

Answer those four and you should see a trend.

Edit: I should add that you'd be crazy to tackle the full 26 by hand -- do you know enough programming to write a program to do this for you?

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