document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=33454>Question 33454</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/032116864X/algebrahomeworkh>Intermediate Algebra: Graphs and Models</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> My book says that the solution of this problem:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "[  (x^2 - y^2) / (4x + 4y) ]  /  [ (3y - 3x) / (12x^2) ]\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "is (-x^2) , but no matter what I do, I can only find x^2.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Help. Thank you. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "[(x^2-y^2)/(4x+4y)]/[(3y-3x)/(12x^2)]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= [(x+y)(x-y)]/[4(x+y)]*(12x^2)/[3(y-x)]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= (x-y)(x^2)/[-(x-y)]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= -x^2\r<BR>\n" );
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