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Mrs. Cho wrote the following problem on the board.

Problem: StartFraction 1 Over x squared EndFraction minus StartFraction 2 Over y EndFraction divided by y minus 2 x squared

Step 1: StartFraction y Over x squared y EndFraction minust StartFraction 2 x squared Over x squared y EndFraction divided by y minus 2 x squared

Step 2: StartFraction y minus 2 x squared Over x squared y EndFraction divided by StartFraction y minus 2 x squared Over 1 EndFraction

Step 3: StartFraction y minus 2 x squared Over x squared y EndFraction times StartFraction 1 Over y minus 2 x squared EndFraction

What should Mrs. Cho do next?
Find a common denominator for the two fractions.
Divide the numerator and denominator of the first fraction by x2 and y.
Multiply the numerators, multiply the denominators, and then simplify.
Multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Multiply the numerators, multiply the denominators, and then simplify.

Do the multiplication:
(y − 2x^2)·1 / (x^2 y·(y − 2x^2)).

Cancel the common factor (y − 2x^2) to get 1/(x^2 y).