These are not suggestions. They are the 8 unbreakable, sacred rules of algebra. To defy them is to fail.

1. The Law of Balance: Whatever you do to one side of an equation, you MUST do to the other. This is the First Commandment.

2. The Law of Order: You WILL respect the Order of Operations (PEMDAS). No exceptions. Ever.

3. The Law of Distribution: You WILL share the term outside the parentheses with EVERY term inside.

4. The Law of Signs: You WILL remember that a negative times a negative equals a positive. It is a fundamental truth.

5. The Law of Combining: You WILL only combine 'like terms.' Do not mix x² with x.

6. The Law of Division by Zero: Thou shalt not divide by zero. It is undefined. It is forbidden.

7. The Law of the Exponent: You WILL follow the rules of exponents for multiplication, division, and powers.

8. The Law of the Root: You WILL remember that the square root of a number has both a positive and a negative answer.

These rules are not here to restrict you. They are here to give you power. They guarantee that the system works, every time.