SOLUTION: can (-48x+54y/36x) be simplified into (-8x+9y/6x)? If not, what is the correct way to simplify the first equation?

SOLUTION: can (-48x+54y/36x) be simplified into (-8x+9y/6x)? If not, what is the correct way to simplify the first equation?

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Question 468421: can (-48x+54y/36x) be simplified into (-8x+9y/6x)? If not, what is the correct way to simplify the first equation?
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
if you have this:

.........divide both terms by

but, i you have this:

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