I am doing an exercise to see the error when solving this polynomial for $x = 1.00001$ using nested multiplication.
I believe the correct way to achieve this simplification (based on a lecture) is to multiply the polynomial by $\frac{1+x}{1+x}$; however, my algebra skills are not really up to par so I am failing to see the purpose of this. I assume it is to cancel out most of the terms in the polynomial - but which ones are being canceled?