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Cancel

Cancel[expr]
cancels out common factors in the numerator and denominator of expr.

Cancel cancels out the greatest common divisor of the numerator and denominator.

Cancel[expr, Extension->Automatic] allows operations to be performed on algebraic numbers in expr.

Cancel[expr, Trig->True] treats trigonometric functions as rational functions of exponentials, and manipulates them accordingly.

Cancel automatically threads over lists, as well as equations, inequalities and logic functions.

Cancel common factors:

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