How do you simplify #(3/5 - 1/5)^2 + (3/2)(-1/5)#?

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bp
Apr 12, 2015

-#7/50#

Start by simplifying the parentheses first
=#{(3-1)/5}^2# -#3/10#

=#(2/5)^2# -#3/10#

=#4/25# - #3/10#. Now make the denominators same equal to the lowest common denominator of 25 and 10. This would be 50

= #8/50# -#15/50#

= -#7/50#

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