If x=(9b-3ab)/((3/a)-(a/3)) , what is x (1) 9ab/(3+a) = 18/5 (2) b = 1 Shoudn't the answer be (E) here. Acc. to the explanation, you simplify the main expression to get: 9ab(3-a)/((3-a)(3+a)) and then you cancel (3-a) !! But can we really cancel (3-a)? We don't know if "a" is not equal to ...