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(Can Someone PLEASE Help me) Which of the following steps in this proof contains a flaw? step 3 (incorrect multiplicative inverse) step 4 (subtracted wrong expression) step 5 (factored incorrectly) step
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(Can Someone PLEASE Help me) Which of the following steps in this proof contains a flaw?

step 3 (incorrect multiplicative inverse)
step 4 (subtracted wrong expression)
step 5 (factored incorrectly)
step 6 (factored difference of two squares incorrectly)

(Can Someone PLEASE Help me) Which of the following steps in this proof contains a-example-1
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Step 3. It lost track of one power of a on the left side.

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