SOLUTION: Can someone help me solve this expression please? Expression: https://i.imgsafe.org/09edece.png ty

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Question 1035011: Can someone help me solve this expression please?
Expression: https://i.imgsafe.org/09edece.png
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
%289a%5E3b%5E2-18a%5E2b%5E3%29%2F%283a%5E2b%29

Factorize the numerator and cancel common occurrances of factors between numerator and denominator.

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What here do you not understand?

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The full set of steps:

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%283%2A3a%5E3b%5E2-2%2A3%2A3a%5E2b%5E3%29%2F%283a%5E2b%29

%283a%5E2b%5E2%283a-2%2A3b%29%29%2F%283a%5E2b%29

%28%283a%5E2b%5E2%29%2F%283a%5E2b%29%29%283a-2%2A3b%29

%28%283aabb%29%2F%283aab%29%29%283a-2%2A3%2Ab%29

%28%28cross%283aab%29b%29%2F%28cross%283aab%29%29%29%283a-2%2A3%2Ab%29

b%283a-2%2A3%2Ab%29

b%283a-6b%29-----almost fully simplified but still somewhat in factored form

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