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Algebra.Com's Answer #198741 by Edwin McCravy(20062) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "No it doesn't!\r\n" );
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document.write( "Here's what you did, and it's a no-no!\r\n" );
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document.write( "You cannot cancel something that is ADDED in the numerator\r\n" );
document.write( "into anything in the denominator, and you cannot cancel\r\n" );
document.write( "anything in the denominator that is ADDED into anything \r\n" );
document.write( "in the numerator.  The only time you can cancel something\r\n" );
document.write( "in the numerator into something in the denominator is \r\n" );
document.write( "when they are only MULTIPLIED\r\n" );
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document.write( "You might try factoring the numerator and denominator first:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Take 5 out of the numerator, and 6 \r\n" );
document.write( "out of the denominator:\r\n" );
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document.write( "But what's in the parentheses will not factor.  That's\r\n" );
document.write( "as far as you can go.\r\n" );
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