How do you simplify $(2+-8) / (-4+6)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-11-01T12:49:10

The denominator of this fraction is $-4+6=2$

We can divide both terms of the numerator, and also the denominator, by $2$ :
$(cancel2*1+-cancel2*4)/cancel2=1+-4$
So the solution is either $5or-3$

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