document.write( "Question 130278This question is from textbook intermediate algebra concepts and graphs
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\n" ); document.write( "12y-2xy-2x^2y all over
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Simplify:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%2812y-2xy-2x%5E2y%29%2F%286y-4xy-2x%5E2y%29\"$ First, factor a 2 from both the numerator and the denominator to ease the calculations a bit.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"2%286y-xy-x%5E2y%29%2F2%283y-2xy-x%5E2y%29\"$ Cancel the 2's.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%286y-xy-x%5E2y%29%2F%283y-2xy-x%5E2y%29\"$ Now factor the trinomial in the numerator and the trinomial in the denominator.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%282y-xy%29%283%2Bx%29%2F%28y-xy%29%283%2Bx%29\"$ Cancel the (3+x)'s
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%282y-xy%29%2F%28y-xy%29\"$ Now factor a y from the numerator and from the denominator.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"y%282-x%29%2Fy%281-x%29\"$ Cancel the y's.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%282-x%29%2F%281-x%29\"$ but this can also be written:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28-%28x-2%29%29%2F%28-%28x-1%29%29\"$ or $\"%28x-2%29%2F%28x-1%29\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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