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Terry Hill wrote: > > A few of us at college are having trouble with algebra, and have all > got different answers for sections of our last home study section. I > just wondered if there was something out there in open source land > which will resolve equations like this: 5a(3b+2a)-a(2a+3c) solving > them as best as can be done. That way we can all check our work as > some of us are obviously going wrong somewhere. sudo aptitude install yacas yacas IN> Simplify (5*a*(3*b+2*a)-a*(2*a+3*c)) OUT> 8*a^2+15*a*b-3*a*c -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html