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(5a-b)/(5a+b)
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document.write( "First of all it is not an equation, but an expression.\r\n" );
document.write( "Equations always have equal signs.\r\n" );
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document.write( "There is no way to simplify it.  It could possibly\r\n" );
document.write( "be divided by long division:\r\n" );
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document.write( "            1 \r\n" );
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document.write( "5a + b)5a - b\r\n" );
document.write( "       5a + b\r\n" );
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document.write( "          -2b\r\n" );
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document.write( "and thus   but that's not exactly\r\n" );
document.write( "simplifying.\r\n" );
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