How do you solve $(( 5- 1) \times 2) \div ( 5- 1)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-13T00:16:00

Answer is 2

$((5-1)*2)/((5-1))$

When you divide $(5-1)÷(5-1)$ it equals 1 which cancels (5-1) off the bottom and you are left with

$1*2=2$

How do you solve (( 5- 1) \times 2) \div ( 5- 1)(( 5- 1) \times 2) \div ( 5- 1)?