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I don't think you can cancel them out because the denominator has -1. So the answer is E
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I don't think you can cancel them out because the denominator has -1. So the answer is E


We can cancel out because the -1 is out of the external brackets. Unless the posted question has some typographical error.
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I don't think you can cancel them out because the denominator has -1. So the answer is E

We can cancel out because the -1 is out of the external brackets. Unless the posted question has some typographical error.



Oops, you're right. I made the typo when writing the equation out on a piece of paper.



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