SOLUTION: find the value a2-b2/a-b=

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Question 248329: find the value
a2-b2/a-b=

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Start with the given expression.


Factor to get .


Factor to get .


Highlight the common terms.


Cancel out the common terms.


Simplify.


So simplifies to .


In other words,

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