Question

this is kinda stupid but
4-5x+x^2 = 0 can i rearrange it to look like this? X^2 -5x+4?

Answer 1

yes

Answer 2

Yes

Answer 3

in fact it will generally be encouraged to do descending order like that

Answer 4

thanks been awhile for algebra

Answer 5

It's the convention to write the expression in decreasing powers of the unknown symbol, x in this case, followed by the constant.

Answer 6

U can arrange it however it suits u, it is customary to put terms of highest degree first, other things being equal.

Answer 7

Because of the communicative property of addition, it does not matter the order in which you add or subtract anything, you will always get the same result