SOLUTION: How would you write this rational expression in lowest terms?
2a^2-5a/16a-40
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Question 125873: How would you write this rational expression in lowest terms?
2a^2-5a/16a-40
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given expression
Factor to get
Factor to get
Cancel like terms
Simplify
So simplifies to
In other words,
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