The Student Basics package is available through the Tools≻Load Package menu, with its commands being accessed through the Context Panel.
Table A-4.1(a) illustrates a syntax-free method of obtaining an annotated stepwise expansion of the given expression. The return of the underlying ExpandSteps command supports limited Context Panel operations. Hence, to factor the expanded result, it needs to be dragged into a new Document Block.
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Tools≻Load Package: Student Basics
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Loading Student:-Basics
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Obtain an annotated stepwise expansion of the given expression
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Control-drag the given expression.
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Context Panel: Student Basics≻Expand Steps
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Factor the expanded form
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Control-drag the polynomial resulting from the expansion.
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Table A-10.1(a) Syntax-free annotated stepwise expansion and factoring
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Table A-4.1(b) shows how to access an annotated solution via the ExpandSteps command.
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Table A-4.1(b) Application of the Student Basics package command ExpandSteps
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