SOLUTION: [(x squared -2x-3) divided by (x squared - x-2)] all divided by [(x squared -4x+3) divided by (x squared +5x-6)] I've simplified and now stuck at [(x-3) divided by (x-2)] all di

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Question 59080: [(x squared -2x-3) divided by (x squared - x-2)] all divided by [(x squared -4x+3) divided by (x squared +5x-6)]
I've simplified and now stuck at [(x-3) divided by (x-2)] all divided by [(x-3) diviided by (x+6)]
Answer by funmath(2933) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I'm thinking this must be a complex fraction like this, if not scroll down to the bottom and I'll show you how to finish what you started.
%28%28x%5E2-2x-3%29%2F%28x%5E2-x-2%29%29%2F%28%28x%5E2-4x%2B3%29%2F%28x%5E2%2B5x-6%29%29
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%28%28x-3%29%2F%28x-2%29%29%2F%28%28x-3%29%2F%28x%2B6%29%29 You can multiply both the numerator and the denominator by the LCD of both fractions (x-2)(x+6)
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%28x-3%29%28x%2B6%29%2F%28%28x-3%29%28x-2%29%29
cross%28%28x-3%29%29%28x%2B6%29%2F%28cross%28%28x-3%29%29%28x-2%29%29
highlight%28%28x%2B6%29%2F%28x-2%29%29
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I think this would have been easier to have solved it simply as the division of two fraction rather than a complex fraction:
You got to:
%28x-3%29%2F%28x-2%29 all divided by %28x-3%29%2F%28x%2B6%29 Flip the second fraction over and multiply:
%28%28x-3%29%2F%28x-2%29%29%2A%28%28x%2B6%29%2F%28x-3%29%29
%28cross%28%28x-3%29%29%2F%28x-2%29%29%2A%28%28x%2B6%29%2Fcross%28%28x-3%29%29%29
highlight%28%28x%2B6%29%2F%28x-2%29%29
You can use either method. Sometimes one's easier and sometimes the other's easier.
Happy Calculating!!!