The other reason we teach it here, in addition to it being simple, is that it's incredibly useful.

这种思想的原因之一，另一个原因,是除了简单它还十分有用。

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And I'm going to do it only using multiplication and addition and some simple tests. All right?

我只能用乘法和加法,以及一些小测试来解决这个问题？

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Simple, seems like, at least addition.

很简单起码是加法。

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