How do you simplify 21×3?

1 Answer
Mar 29, 2016

±37

Explanation:

Notice that 3×7=21

Write as: 3×7×3

This is the same as

3×7×3

Which is the same as

(3)2×7

37

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Note that if 3 is negative then (3)2 is positive so the 3 is definitely positive.

However, 7 stands on its own so we have ±7

Thus 37 is more correctly written as ±37