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Latest revision as of 18:58, 17 May 2018
Problem
The fraction is (with suitable restrictions of the values of a, b, and c):
Solution
Use the commutative property to get Factor perfect square trinomials to get Factor difference of squares to get Cancel out like terms (with suitable restrictions of a, b, c) to get The answer is .
See Also
1960 AHSC (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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