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OpenStudy (anonymous):

help me simplify t^2-4/t^2-4t+4

OpenStudy (anonymous):

t^2-4 can be written as (t+2) (t-2). t^2-4t+4 can be written as (t-2)(t-2). Cancel out the (t-2) from the top and bottom.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

what is the answer

OpenStudy (zarkon):

\[\frac{(t+2)(t-2)}{(t-2)(t-2)}\] write this down and physically cross out one t-2 from the top and bottom...what do you have left?

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