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Simplify:
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document.write( "use the Pythagorean identity  which\r\n" );
document.write( "can be rearranged as  to replace\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then use the reciprocal identity \r\n" );
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document.write( "Invert the second fraction and change division to\r\n" );
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