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A manufacturing engineer is simplifying a material stress formula represented by the expression a2−b23ab÷(a2+2ab+b2)\frac{a^2-b^2}{3ab} \div (a^2+2ab+b^2). After the engineer converts the problem to multiplication and factors both the numerator and the divisor, they must identify a 'common factor' shared by both to complete the simplification. Which binomial term represents the common factor that is cancelled in this specific process?

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