SOLUTION: a/a-b to be divided b/a-b how do you solve this with letters?

Question 128674: a/a-b to be divided b/a-b
how do you solve this with letters?
Answer by bucky(2189) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Given:
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Recall that when you divide by a fraction you can just invert the fraction and use it as
a multiplier. Therefore in this problem, since you are dividing by the fraction:
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You can invert this fraction (that is flip it upside down) to get:
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and multiply this by the number you are dividing into. So you have converted the original
division problem to the following multiplication problem:
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Now you can see that you have the term in both the numerator and the denominator.
Therefore, you can cancel out these common factors:
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and you finish the multiplication you are left with the answer to your problem:
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Hope this helps you to understand this problem.
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