document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=177024>Question 177024</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help.Reduce each rationalexpression to lowest terms. Assume that the variables represent only numbers for which the denominators are nonzero.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a^2-b^2/a-b </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Factor where you can:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "[(a-b)(a+b)]/(a-b)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cancel the factor common to numerator and denominator:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= a+b<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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