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Struggling with expressing the following expressions as a simple fraction in its simplest form. Help would be greatly appreciated, thanks! :)

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Erfana Beevee Binte Hassan Shariff
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Algebraic expression in denominators are already simplified, so we make denominators the same.
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The denominator 8x-4y can be factorised to 4(2x-y).
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Always see if the denominators can be factorised. After which, make denominators same.
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Always factorise all expressions that can be factorised. Since this is multiplication of algebraic fractions, cancel out common factors after factorisation.