document.write( "Question 384574: I am supposed to be dividing equations. heres my problem
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Algebra.Com's Answer #272248 by nerdybill(7384) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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If you started with:
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\n" ); document.write( "Notice, we can rewrite the numerator as:
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\n" ); document.write( "Since, the numerator is now a \"difference of squares\" we can factor:
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