SOLUTION: Is there a rule or property that goes along with this question: ((a+b)(a-b))/(a-b)= 0/(a-b)

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Question 476642: Is there a rule or property that goes along with this question:
((a+b)(a-b))/(a-b)= 0/(a-b)

Answer by richard1234(7193)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Presuming you mean



this is not an identity. This would only work when a+b = 0.

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