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Least common denominator ((x+2)/(2-x)-(2-x)/(x+2))*((x-2)^2)

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/x + 2   2 - x\        2
|----- - -----|*(x - 2) 
\2 - x   x + 2/         
$$\left(x - 2\right)^{2} \left(- \frac{2 - x}{x + 2} + \frac{x + 2}{2 - x}\right)$$
((x + 2)/(2 - x) - (2 - x)/(x + 2))*(x - 2)^2
Fraction decomposition [src]
32 - 64/(2 + x) - 8*x
$$- 8 x + 32 - \frac{64}{x + 2}$$
       64       
32 - ----- - 8*x
     2 + x      
General simplification [src]
-8*x*(-2 + x)
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    2 + x    
$$- \frac{8 x \left(x - 2\right)}{x + 2}$$
-8*x*(-2 + x)/(2 + x)
Numerical answer [src]
4.0*(-1 + 0.5*x)^2*((2.0 + x)/(2.0 - x) - (2.0 - x)/(2.0 + x))
4.0*(-1 + 0.5*x)^2*((2.0 + x)/(2.0 - x) - (2.0 - x)/(2.0 + x))
Rational denominator [src]
        2 /       2                   \
(-2 + x) *\(2 + x)  + (-2 + x)*(2 - x)/
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            (2 + x)*(2 - x)            
$$\frac{\left(x - 2\right)^{2} \left(\left(2 - x\right) \left(x - 2\right) + \left(x + 2\right)^{2}\right)}{\left(2 - x\right) \left(x + 2\right)}$$
(-2 + x)^2*((2 + x)^2 + (-2 + x)*(2 - x))/((2 + x)*(2 - x))
Combining rational expressions [src]
        2 /       2          2\
(-2 + x) *\(2 + x)  - (2 - x) /
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        (2 + x)*(2 - x)        
$$\frac{\left(x - 2\right)^{2} \left(- \left(2 - x\right)^{2} + \left(x + 2\right)^{2}\right)}{\left(2 - x\right) \left(x + 2\right)}$$
(-2 + x)^2*((2 + x)^2 - (2 - x)^2)/((2 + x)*(2 - x))
Common denominator [src]
       64       
32 - ----- - 8*x
     2 + x      
$$- 8 x + 32 - \frac{64}{x + 2}$$
32 - 64/(2 + x) - 8*x
Combinatorics [src]
-8*x*(-2 + x)
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    2 + x    
$$- \frac{8 x \left(x - 2\right)}{x + 2}$$
-8*x*(-2 + x)/(2 + x)
Powers [src]
        2 /-2 + x   2 + x\
(-2 + x) *|------ + -----|
          \2 + x    2 - x/
$$\left(x - 2\right)^{2} \left(\frac{x - 2}{x + 2} + \frac{x + 2}{2 - x}\right)$$
(-2 + x)^2*((-2 + x)/(2 + x) + (2 + x)/(2 - x))