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MATHEMATICAL EXAMINATION PAPERS

Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

1. Simplify the following expressions:

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July 1881.

I.-ALGEBRA AND MENSURATION.

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2. Prove that (am)n

amn, whether (m) and (n) be positive or negative, and reduce to their simplest forms

=

2αc

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