SOLUTION: Please help me solve this equation? {{{x^2-y^2/(x-y)^2x1/x+y}}}

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Question 80134: Please help me solve this equation? x%5E2-y%5E2%2F%28x-y%29%5E2x1%2Fx%2By
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x%5E2-y%5E2%2F%28x-y%29%5E2x1%2Fx%2By
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Trying to decipher what this is suppose to be, I came up with:
%28%28x%5E2-y%5E2%29%29%2F%28%28x-y%29%5E2%29 * 1%2F%28%28x%2By%29%29
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(x^2 - y^2) is the difference of squares and
(x-y)^2 is (x-y)(x-y) so we can write it:
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%28%28x-y%29%28x%2By%29%29%2F%28%28x-y%29%28x-y%29%29 * 1%2F%28%28x%2By%29%29
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Cancel pairs of x-y and x+y and we are left with:
1%2F%28%28x-y%29%29
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Hope this is what you had in mind, the way it was displayed made no sense.