SOLUTION: Hi, I need help solving this problem on reducing rational expressions: {{{((a^2-4ab+4b^2)-z^2)/(5a-10b+5z)}}} Thanks!

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Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hi, I need help solving this problem on reducing rational expressions:

Thanks!



Factor the  as  which
can be written as . So now we have



Now the numerator is the difference of two squares, 
which factors as
[][] or
[][] or
.  So now we have:



Now we factor the denominator simply by taking out 5, and so
we now have



Now we can cancel the 's and all that's left is



Edwin

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