SOLUTION: simplify -40xz/250xz HELP!

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Question 132626: simplify
-40xz/250xz
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Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given expression


Cancel like terms


Simplify


Reduce



So simplifies to


In other words, where and

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