x^3 - x^2
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x^4
reduce to lowest terms???
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To reduce the fraction to lowest terms, we need to factor both the numerator and denominator.
Let's factor the numerator first:
x^3 - x^2
We can factor out an x^2 from both terms:
x^2(x - 1)
Now, let's factor the denominator:
x^4
We can write this as:
x^2 * x^2
So, the fraction can be written as:
(x^2(x - 1))/(x^2 * x^2)
To simplify this further, we can cancel out the common factors in the numerator and denominator, which is x^2:
(x - 1)/(x^2)
Therefore, the fraction reduced to lowest terms is (x - 1)/(x^2).