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OpenStudy (anonymous):

WILL GIVE MEDALS PLEASE HELP ME . show all work in simplifying 9x^(2)-1)/(8x-4)÷(3x^(2)+5x-2)/(2x^(2)+1x-1) Be sure to list restrictions and use complete sentences

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Hang on... I'll work on it

OpenStudy (anonymous):

So we flip and times the bottom of the big fraction to get

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Factorise to get:

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Cancel the common factors to get

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Notice the (8x-4) can be written as 4(2x-1). This (2x-1) cancels in the top and bottom to get:

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