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davehogan

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Am I right in thinking that the term "1/x - 1/y" can be re-written to "y-x/xy"?
 
Am I right in thinking that the term "1/x - 1/y" can be re-written to "y-x/xy"?

1/x - 1/y → (y-x)/(xy)

You must put the parentheses. Otherwise what you wrote → y-x/xy ← means:

\(\displaystyle y - \frac{x}{x} * y\)
 
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