How do you simplify #\frac { 6m ^ { 2} } { 4m ^ { 2} - 4m }#?

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Answer 1 · 2017-10-06T23:26:07

#m/(2(m-1))# where #m!=0 or -1#

Factor the top and bottom (reverse distributive property):

#(6m^2)/(4m^2-4m)=(2m*m)/(4m*(m-1))=(2m*m)/(2*2m*(m-1))#

This is a good time to point out that #m!=0 or 1# because then you would be dividing by #0#.

Now we divide away the #2m# on the top and bottom:

#(cancel(2m)*m)/(2*cancel(2m)*(m-1))#

Leaving our simplest answer:

#m/(2(m-1))# where #m!=0 or -1#