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find domain
(a+b)^2/(-a-b)^2

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simplify
(a+b)^2/(-a-b)^2

Answered by GPT 3.5
The domain of the expression is all real numbers except for when the denominator is equal to 0.

Since (-a - b)² cannot equal 0, we need to find when the expression (-a - b)² is equal to 0 and exclude those values from the domain.

(-a - b)² = 0
a² + 2ab + b² = 0
(a + b)² = 0

The expression (a + b)² will only equal 0 when a + b equals 0. At this point, the denominator is equal to 0, thus we have to exclude this value from the domain.

Therefore, the domain is all real numbers except when a + b = 0.
Answered by GPT 3.5
I apologize for the previous incorrect response.

The correct domain of the expression (a+b)²/(-a-b)² is all real numbers except for when (-a-b)² is equal to 0.

To find when (-a-b)² equals 0, we need to solve the equation (-a-b)² = 0.

(-a-b)² = 0
a² + 2ab + b² = 0

This equation is true when both a and b are equal to zero. Therefore, the denominator is equal to 0 when a = 0 and b = 0.

So, the values that need to be excluded from the domain are a = 0 and b = 0.

Therefore, the domain of the expression is all real numbers except for a = 0 and b = 0.
Answered by GPT 3.5
To simplify the expression (a+b)²/(-a-b)², we can expand both the numerator and denominator.

Numerator:
(a+b)² = (a+b)(a+b) = a(a+b) + b(a+b) = a² + 2ab + b²

Denominator:
(-a-b)² = (-a-b)(-a-b) = (-a)(-a) + (-a)(-b) + (-b)(-a) + (-b)(-b) = a² + 2ab + b²

Now, we can rewrite the expression as:

(a² + 2ab + b²)/(a² + 2ab + b²)

Since the numerators and denominators are equal, the expression simplifies to:

1

The simplified form of the expression (a+b)²/(-a-b)² is 1.

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