SOLUTION: Simplify x^2+y^2-2^2+2xy / x^2-y^2-2^2-2xy

Question 1049109: Simplify x^2+y^2-2^2+2xy / x^2-y^2-2^2-2xy
Found 3 solutions by Edwin McCravy, hussamuddin, ikleyn:
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

I don't think you copied that right because it contains 2^2. You are way beyond learning how to square 2 and get 4. Your teacher or a book author would not be wasting time at this stage in algebra testing you on whether you know how to square 2 and get 4. They would have written 4, not 2^2. Besides, it does not simplify very much even when putting 4 where the 2^2 is. You can tell me what it should have been in the thank-you note form below if you like. Edwin

Answer by hussamuddin(51)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

cancel both and both

now take - common in the denominator

cancel both and both

answer is
Answer by ikleyn(52788)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The "solution" by "hussamuddin" is wrong.

It is not a solution.

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