We can see the Acrobat window in those scans you found online.

…and the ones that came with the textbook, and not in the photo’s 😂

You think 2(8)2 is 128 if that’s simplified from 2(8+0)2… but 256 if it’s simplified from 2(8*1)2. In short: no

says person who can’t tell the difference between a(b+c) and a(bc) 😂

I think you’re about fifteen years old. You had an unpleasant teacher who belittled you, and you’ve identified with the aggressor. Your whole online persona is posturing to always be smarterer than everybody else

#EveryAccusationIsAConfession

Wolfram fucking Alpha is wrong about basic algebra

Which is an established fact

Faced with a contradiction that requires you to insist (8*1) ≠ (8+0)

again says person who can’t tell the difference between a(b+c) and a(bc) 😂

The word you should be looking for is, “oops.”

yet again says person who can’t tell the difference between a(b+c) and a(bc) 😂