Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Rational Expressions


Please help me solve : ((4x^2-x-12)/(x^2+9x+18)) / ((x^2+x-20)/(x^2+8x+15))
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Your Answer:
if we invert the divisor and rewrite as multiplication then


Factoring is a little tedious, but you can verify that when factored we get:




next we cancel:




and finally...

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