SOLUTION: Find an equivalent expression with the given denominator: 8/y = ?/y squared (the denominator is y squared)

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Question 178615: Find an equivalent expression with the given denominator:
8/y = ?/y squared (the denominator is y squared)

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Notice how (ie y squared equals y times y)


So to go from the denominator of "y" to the new denominator of , you multiply the denominator by "y". Remember, what you do to the denominator must be done to the numerator also (to keep the fractions equivalent). So that means that you multiply the numerator "8" by "y" to get


So


which means that

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