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What is a conjugate and what is it used for

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Conjugate

The conjugate is where we change the sign in the middle of two terms like this:

conjugate of 3x+1 is 3x-1

We only use it in expressions with two terms, called "binomials":

Binomial

Here are some more examples:

Expression Its Conjugate

x2 − 3 ⇒ x2 + 3

a + b ⇒ a − b

a − b3 ⇒ a + b3

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