SOLUTION: The answer is {{{3p/2}}} I need help getting to the answer. the question is: simplify {{{((2p-2)/p)*((6p^2)/(8p*8))}}} the answer: {{{3(x-1)/16}}} isn't correct.

SOLUTION: The answer is {{{3p/2}}} I need help getting to the answer. the question is: simplify {{{((2p-2)/p)((6p^2)/(8p8))}}} the answer: {{{3(x-1)/16}}} isn't correct.

Question 243372: The answer is
I need help getting to the answer.
the question is: simplify

the answer:

isn't correct.
Found 3 solutions by unlockmath, oberobic, edjones:
Answer by unlockmath(1688)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hello,
Let's see if I can help you out. I tried out the way it's written and the answer is the second answer. Looking over the problem, it appears the problem was written or copied wrong. To get the answer 3p/2 the problem needs to be written as:
(2p-2)/p*6p^2/(8p-8) Notice the 8p-8 is needed not 8p*p
With this problem the answer is 3p/2
RJ Toftness
www.math-unlock.com
Answer by oberobic(2304)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
CORRECTION.
It turns out the term '8p*8' is really '8p - 8'...so that is entirely different problem than the one originally solved.
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Simplify:

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Since you are multiplying, you can simply multiply numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

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Note the 4p will cancel in the numerator and denominator.
So we arrive at:

We can factor the numerator by extracting the common 'p'

Now the (p-1) terms will cancel, leaving us with

Answer by edjones(8007)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You have the correct answer for what you wrote.
If you change 8p*8 to 8p-8 the answer will be 3p/2
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Ed
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