Simplify (x-2y)/(2y-x)

$\frac{x - 2 y}{2 y - x}$

Step 1

Factor $- 1$ out of $x$ .

$\frac{- 1 (- x) - 2 y}{2 y - x}$

Step 2

Factor $- 1$ out of $- 2 y$ .

$\frac{- 1 (- x) - (2 y)}{2 y - x}$

Step 3

Factor $- 1$ out of $- 1 (- x) - (2 y)$ .

$\frac{- 1 (- x + 2 y)}{2 y - x}$

Step 4

Reorder terms.

$\frac{- 1 (- x + 2 y)}{- x + 2 y}$

Step 5

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{- 1 (- x + 2 y)}{- x + 2 y}$

Step 6

Divide $- 1$ by $1$ .

$- 1$

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