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[Well, DR, there looks like there's a new Kirino around-- one of a different variety though. You might spot him poking through the hallways with a scowl.]

You have got to be kidding me.

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What.

[ Oh wait why isn't he wearing his Raimon uniform. ]

...You know, captain is going to kill you if you don't put your uniform back on.

This is my uniform.

[A long pause.]

... oh. You must be another who apparently thinks I attend Raimon.

You mean you don't?

[ Wow this is awkward did he accidentally speak to Kirino-senpai's brother or something by accident or.... nnnn this is really confusing. ]

Then who are you?

Kirino Ranmaru. I attend Mannouzaka.

... And who are you?

[ ...his brain has stopped functioning. ]

K- K- Kariya. Kariya Masaki. I'm, er, from Raimon.

[ ...staring at you really hard right now. ]

Raimon... I see.

[Another scrutinizing stare.] ... I don't believe you were on the team when my school faced yours. I'm pretty sure I'd remember a face like yours.

Yeah, well, I transferred here earlier in the year.

I don't remember ever playing against Mannouzaka in my time here, so fair's fair.

[That earns a nod and nothing else.]

[ ...what did he come here for-- Oh yeah! ]

Can you help me with my homework anyway?

I guess? What do you need help with?

[This is weird, normally kids from other schools back off when they learn another kid is from Mannouzaka.]

[ Kirino doesn't seem too bad so Kariya is okay with staying. And besides, he never played against Mannouzaka before so it's not like he knows the horrors. ]

Maths. I don't get algebra at all. [ Hang on a sec, he's digging out his maths book and textbook. ]

It's not that difficult once you get the hang of it.

[He can wait.]

[ Okay there, now he has his books out he'll flick to a page and show it to Kirino.

" Multiply out the brackets and simplify where possible:"

~~a) 4( x + y - z )~~

b) 7( a + b ) + 2( a + b )"]

I already did a) but I don't get b).

It's actually pretty simple.

You need to distribute both the seven and the two to the a's and b's in parentheses, and once you've done that, combine the like terms.

....distribute.... to the... parentheses and then combination?

[ Dude, you're not making any sense. ]

... Here. We'll start with the seven.

You know the distributive property, correct?

...Vaguely.

[ It's the one with the numbers, right? ]

... [Sigh.

This is going to take a while.]

[ There's a small blush forming because he does actually try! It's just hard to understand and the teachers are poopy. It's not his fault he has trouble understanding mathematics. ]

...Soooo?

All right, here's what you do.

We distribute the seven to both the a and the b--err, that is, you multiply a by seven as well as b by seven. Got that so far?

[ And herein the problem lies. ]

No. Why do you have to multiply the b and the a even though the a is next to it?

[Cue the facepalm!]

Because the a and b are different terms.

How do you know they're different terms?

[ ab isn't a different term. But a, b, are?? ]

They're separate variables, represented by different letters.

But what about when it's like, ab?