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Problem of the Week 6.

Directions: Simplify each expression. Assume that m is a natural number and that all values of the variables that cause division by 0 are excluded. $$ \mbox{a.} \,\,\, \frac{x^m}{x^{2m}-4}-\frac{2}{x^{2m}-4} \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\, $$ $$ \mbox{b.} \,\,\, \frac{2x^m}{x^{2m}-6x^m+9}-\frac{6}{x^{2m}-6x^m+9} $$ $$ \mbox{c.} \,\,\, \frac{3x^m}{x^{2m}-x^m-20}-\frac{15}{x^{2m}-x^m-20} $$