SOLUTION: How is a rational expression different from a simple fraction?

Question 636608: How is a rational expression different from a simple fraction?
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is a function that can be expressed as a quotient of polynomials, excluding division by zero, or an expression that is the ratio of two .
It is just like a fraction, but with .

is a fraction in which both the and the are numbers.
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