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  1. April 22nd 2007, 03:37 PM #1
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    would the answer to the file attached be 5b?
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    Quote Originally Posted by rj2001 View Post
    would the answer to the file attached be 5b?
    |(-20b^2)/(4b)| = |-5b| <-- Only if b is not equal to 0!

    = 5*|b|

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