document.write( "Question 107726This question is from textbook Algebra and Trigonometry
\n" ); document.write( ": x^4-y^4 x^2-y^2 x^6-y^6
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\n" ); document.write( "x^3-y^3 x^3+y^3 x^2+y^2\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "those are fractions multiplied by eachother\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"carry out the indicated operations and simplify\"
\n" ); document.write( "the answer in the back of the book is x^4-2x^2y^2+y^4
\n" ); document.write( "i'm just confused as to how to get to that answer. i've tried some things, but they aren't working. \n" ); document.write( "

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