Thread: Rewriting expression

I'm really doing a physics problem, and I got to an expression that looks more complicated than I would like. Is there a way to make this fraction look more elegant?

(4bc - ac - ab) / (4bc + ac + ab)

The only thing I tried was to factorize out an "a" above and below, but that didn't really get me anywere. Perhaps it can't be simplyfied, but I thought it wouldn't hurt to post it here anyway.

Originally Posted by gralla55

I'm really doing a physics problem, and I got to an expression that looks more complicated than I would like. Is there a way to make this fraction look more elegant?

(4bc - ac - ab) / (4bc + ac + ab)

The only thing I tried was to factorize out an "a" above and below, but that didn't really get me anywere. Perhaps it can't be simplyfied, but I thought it wouldn't hurt to post it here anyway.

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