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by **fowler_966** on Fri Aug 24, 2012 11:55 pm

simplify 2-x/y divided by 2+x/y

can someone please explain how to do this? thanks

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by **stapel_eliz** on Sat Aug 25, 2012 12:29 pm

fowler_966 wrote:2-x/y divided by 2+x/y

What you have posted means the following:

. . . . . $2\, -\, \frac{\left(\frac{x}{y}\right)}{2}\, +\, \frac{x}{y}$

Was this what you meant? (For help with formatting, particularly with respect to grouping symbols, please review this article on formatting math as text.)

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by **little_dragon** on Sat Aug 25, 2012 12:34 pm

fowler_966 wrote:simplify 2-x/y divided by 2+x/y

can someone please explain how to do this? thanks

do U mean like this? $\frac{2 - \frac{x}{y}}{2+\frac{x}{y}}$
they show how here: http://www.purplemath.com/modules/compfrac.htm
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by **fowler_966** on Sat Aug 25, 2012 8:55 pm

yes thats exactly what i needed! thank you

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