Multiply and Subtract

Multiply

Multiply verb - To bring forth offspring.

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Subtract and multiply are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Subtract" instead a verb "Multiply".

Subtract verb - To take away (an amount or number) from a total.

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Multiply and subtract are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Multiply" instead a verb "Subtract".

Nearby Words: subtraction, subtracting

experience	multiply experience	subtract experience
ability	multiply ability	subtract ability
amount	multiply amount	subtract amount
number	multiply number	subtract number
Other words: time, health, damage, age, numbers, points.

The third step of the above proof suggests an alternate version, one that actually helped early computers: to multiply any two numbers, take the sum and difference between them and square them, then subtract the square of the difference from the square of the sum, and divide the result by 4.

Source: Trivia / Math
People more practiced in these mental mathematics can also subtract, multiply, divide, and do other awesome algebraic equations in the Rebus Bubbles to show more complex thoughts.

Source: Rebus Bubble
Where the wave equations require you to do multivariable calculus, the matrix requires you to add, subtract, multiply, and divide.

Source: Useful Notes / Quantum Physics

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