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simplifying expressions - A puzzling result of "FullSimplify"


When I input:



FullSimplify[(1 - a^2)/b^2, a^2 + b^2 == 1]   

the result is the ideal answer 1;


However,if I input:


FullSimplify[(1 - b^2)/a^2, a^2 + b^2 == 1]   

the result is (1 - b^2)/a^2, instead of the ideal answer 1. How to get the correct answer 1?




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