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Re: Dividing top and bottom

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  • Subject: [mg15661] Re: Dividing top and bottom
  • From: "Allan Hayes" <hay at haystack.demon.co.uk>
  • Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 04:28:54 -0500 (EST)
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Nicolas B.E. Sawyer wrote in message <78pb5e$cto at smc.vnet.net>...
>How can I divide the denominator and numerator of an expression by a
>chosen variable and stop the result from simplifying. For example, how
>do I  divide the top and bottom of b/(b-a) by b to give 1/(1-a/b).
>
>Thanks
>
>--
>Nicolas B.E. Sawyer
>
>
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Nicolas,

Get the simplification (or other transformation you may want) in first:

( b/(b-a) )/.(x_./y_ ):> Simplify[x/b]/ Simplify[y/b]

        1/(1 - a/b)

The dot in x_. allows for

( 1/(b-a) )/.(x_./y_ ):> Simplify[x/b]/ Simplify[y/b]

        1/((1 - a/b)*b)

OR

Simplify[Numerator[#]/b] /  Simplify[Denominator[#]/b]&[( b/(b-a) )]

    1/(1 - a/b)

Allan Hayes
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