Term arrangement in equations

Question

In the case of an equation having two variables and the final answer have terms and kind of looks like this equation: a² + ab + b² =0 , how do you rearrange them properly the traditional way? What are the rules? Should it be a² + b² + ab =0 since b² has a higher exponential count or should it be the equation above since a (in ab) is first in the alphabetical arrangement than b (in b²). Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

if the answer is a^2+ab+b^2=0, leave it like this

look up the "Binomial Expansion" and see how the terms are arranged and this should help you

Answer 2

If a and b are both variables, then that equation cannot be solved. Therefore it might not matter how it is arranged!!

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