SOLUTION: (5a-b)/(5a+b) can you show the steps to simplify this equation? Thank you

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Question 174166: (5a-b)/(5a+b)
can you show the steps to simplify this equation?
Thank you
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(5a-b)/(5a+b)
can you show the steps to simplify this equation? 
First of all it is not an equation, but an expression.
Equations always have equal signs.

There is no way to simplify it.  It could possibly
be divided by long division:

            1 
      -------      
5a + b)5a - b
       5a + b
       ------
          -2b

and thus  1+-+2b%2F%285a%2Bb%29 but that's not exactly
simplifying.

Edwin