How do you simplify $(b+2)/(b-2)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-07-18T14:55:34

This is already simplified.

This is already simplified, as there are no common terms between the numerator and the denominator.

If the question was instead $(b+2)/(b+2)$ , the answer would be $1$ , as the numerator AND denominator both hold one common term: $b+2$ .

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