Question

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What is the simplified form of x over x squared minus y squared – y over x squared minus y squared ?

1 over x minus y

1 over x plus y

negative 1 over x plus y

1 over y minus x

Answer 1

I suggest writing these all out and going from there.

Answer 2

$$\frac{\frac{1}{x}-y^2-y}{x^2-y^2}$$

Answer 3

Sorry..

Answer 4

ahhh no parenthesis ... what you wrote can be interpreted many ways
can you use the equation editor or post a pic of the question?

Answer 5

\[\frac{x}{x^{2} -y^{2}}-\frac{y}{x^{2} -y^{2}} = \frac{x-y}{x^{2} -y^{2}}= \frac{x-y}{(x-y)(x+y)} = \frac{1}{x+y}\]