The question is how to show that the above two products are equal to each other.
I don't know if this is the best way, but this is how I would do it:
n+m∏k=1+mak = k=n+m∏k=1+mak because n+m∏k=1+mak means the same as k=n+m∏k=1+mak
n+m∏k=1+mak = k−m=n∏k−m=1ak by subtracting m from both sides of each equation
n+m∏k=1+mak = k−m=n∏k−m=1a(k−m+m) since k - m + m = k
n+m∏k=1+mak = k−m=n∏k−m=1a(k−m+m)
n+m∏k=1+mak = k=n∏k=1a(k+m) because we can replace the pink text with whatever we want
n+m∏k=1+mak = n∏k=1a(k+m)
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The question is how to show that the above two products are equal to each other.
I don't know if this is the best way, but this is how I would do it:
n+m∏k=1+mak = k=n+m∏k=1+mak because n+m∏k=1+mak means the same as k=n+m∏k=1+mak
n+m∏k=1+mak = k−m=n∏k−m=1ak by subtracting m from both sides of each equation
n+m∏k=1+mak = k−m=n∏k−m=1a(k−m+m) since k - m + m = k
n+m∏k=1+mak = k−m=n∏k−m=1a(k−m+m)
n+m∏k=1+mak = k=n∏k=1a(k+m) because we can replace the pink text with whatever we want
n+m∏k=1+mak = n∏k=1a(k+m)
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