SOLUTION: Hi, I need help solving this problem on reducing rational expressions:
{{{((a^2-4ab+4b^2)-z^2)/(5a-10b+5z)}}}
Thanks!
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-> SOLUTION: Hi, I need help solving this problem on reducing rational expressions:
{{{((a^2-4ab+4b^2)-z^2)/(5a-10b+5z)}}}
Thanks!
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Factor the as which
can be written as . So now we have
Now the numerator is the difference of two squares,
which factors as
[][] or
[][] or
. So now we have:
Now we factor the denominator simply by taking out 5, and so
we now have
Now we can cancel the 's and all that's left is
Edwin