Question

Can the following rational expression be further simplified? x- 2 /2 - x if so simplify it

Answer 1

`(x-2)/(2-x)`

The above expression can be further simplified by factoring out the denominator into -1 (x - 2).

`(x-2)/(-1(x-2))=(1)/(-1)=-1`

The simplified version is just -1.