Algebra Examples

$\frac{{(a + b)}^{2}}{{(- a - b)}^{2}}$

Step 1

Factor $- 1$ out of $a$ .

$\frac{{(- 1 (- a) + b)}^{2}}{{(- a - b)}^{2}}$

Step 2

Factor $- 1$ out of $b$ .

$\frac{{(- 1 (- a) - 1 (- b))}^{2}}{{(- a - b)}^{2}}$

Step 3

Factor $- 1$ out of $- 1 (- a) - 1 (- b)$ .

$\frac{{(- 1 (- a - b))}^{2}}{{(- a - b)}^{2}}$

Step 4

Apply the product rule to $- 1 (- a - b)$ .

$\frac{{(- 1)}^{2} {(- a - b)}^{2}}{{(- a - b)}^{2}}$

Step 5

Raise $- 1$ to the power of $2$ .

$\frac{1 {(- a - b)}^{2}}{{(- a - b)}^{2}}$

Step 6

Multiply ${(- a - b)}^{2}$ by $1$ .

$\frac{{(- a - b)}^{2}}{{(- a - b)}^{2}}$

Step 7

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{{(- a - b)}^{2}}{{(- a - b)}^{2}}$

Step 8

Rewrite the expression.

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