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Question 124701: How does one divide the following question?


p^2 - q^2 / p+q divided by p+q/p-q
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Answer by checkley71(8403) About Me  (Show Source):
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[(p^2-q^2)/(p+q)]/[(p+q)/(p-q)] Factor the numerator.
[(p+q)(p-q)/(p+q)]*(p-q/(p+q) Instead of dividing by a fraction. We invert the denominator & multiply.
Now cancel out the (p+q)/(p+q) terms in the first fraction.
(p-q)(p-q)/(p+q) answer.