【恆等式:代數恆等式及比較係數法】Identities: Algebraic Identities and Comparing Coefficients
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恆等式(恒等式)對變數的所有值都成立(記作 ≡),方程則只對某些值成立。常用恆等式:(a ± b)² = a² ± 2ab + b²、(a + b)(a − b) = a² − b²、a³ ± b³ = (a ± b)(a² ∓ ab + b²)。要求未知數,便比較同類項的係數。An identity is true for every value of the variable (written ≡), unlike an equation, which holds only for certain values. Key identities: (a ± b)² = a² ± 2ab + b², (a + b)(a − b) = a² − b², a³ ± b³ = (a ± b)(a² ∓ ab + b²). To find unknowns, compare coefficients of like terms.
⚠️ 是恆等式還是方程? Identity or equation?恆等式用比較係數法;方程則是解 x。恆等式也可代入特定值,但每次只能求出一個未知數。For an identity you compare coefficients; for an equation you solve for x. Substituting a single value is allowed for an identity, but it finds only one unknown at a time.
恆等式對變數的所有值都成立,兩邊其實是同一個式;方程只對某些值成立,要把它們解出來。
An identity is true for all values of the variable, so both sides are the same expression in disguise. An equation is true only for particular values, which you solve for.
兩種寫法都有人用。香港課本寫「恆等式」,網上亦常見簡化字形「恒」。
Both are used. Hong Kong textbooks write 恆等式; the simplified form 恒 is common online.
展開兩邊,再令 x²、x 及常數項的係數相等。
Expand both sides, then equate the coefficients of x², x and the constant term.