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stark moon Sep 26, 2023, 1:59 PM

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high trail Sep 26, 2023, 2:00 PM

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factorize both the denominatot and numerator

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@stark moon

stark moon Sep 26, 2023, 2:03 PM

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Im trying but im struggling a little with the denominator

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it can be done like this maybe?

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high trail Sep 26, 2023, 2:04 PM

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exactly

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now cancel out one of the x-y

stark moon Sep 26, 2023, 2:07 PM

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Do you mean like this?

high trail Sep 26, 2023, 2:07 PM

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umm the x-y in the numerator should go too with the x-y in the denominator

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because they cancel out

stark moon Sep 26, 2023, 2:08 PM

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oh yeah thats right

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so this must be it

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high trail Sep 26, 2023, 2:08 PM

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yesss

stark moon Sep 26, 2023, 2:08 PM

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thats amazing how did you become so good at math

high trail Sep 26, 2023, 2:09 PM

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what??

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im not

stark moon Sep 26, 2023, 2:09 PM

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haha okay, anyways thank you

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#How do you reduce this?