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\n" ); document.write( "The response from the other tutor shows a valid solution with correct algebraic steps.
\n" ); document.write( "However, the simplified form can be found FAR more easily if you take a moment to look at the original expression before you plunge into using standard algebraic processes.
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\n" ); document.write( ">> The numerators of both fractions in the numerator are 2; the numerators of both fractions in the denominator are 1.
\n" ); document.write( ">> The denominators of the two fractions in the numerator and denominator are the same, but in opposite orders.
\n" ); document.write( "So make the orders of the denominators in both numerator and denominator the same, and make all the numerators of the individual fractions 1, by factoring a -2 out of the numerator:
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\n" ); document.write( "Then it is clear that the simplified form is just \"-2\". \n" ); document.write( "