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document.write( "x^2-x over x^2-1 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2-x over x^2-1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x² - x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x² - 1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x(x - 1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "--------- {factored x out of top and factored bottom into two binomials, it was a \"difference of two squares\"}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x + 1)(x - 1)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "---- {cancelled x - 1 on top and bottom}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 1<BR>\n" );
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