SOLUTION: Please help me perform the indicated operation and simplify if possible.
{{{((6a^2-8a-8)/(2a^2-9a-56))/((a-2)/(a-8))}}}
I keep on getting different answers of {{{2(3a+2)/(2a+7)}}
Question 205641: Please help me perform the indicated operation and simplify if possible.
I keep on getting different answers of and . Thank you tutor for checking this out for me and showing me the correct steps. Found 2 solutions by Targetweek, Edwin McCravy:Answer by Targetweek(62) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! 1.
- first start by factoring the polynomials
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- Now Cross out like terms
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- Next simplify the denominator
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- Now either or
may be correct depending on you teacher and the book you are using but they are essentially the same answer Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! Targetweek's solution is wrong!
Edwin's solution:
Your first answer is correct. Going at the slowpoke
rate of one step at a time:
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Edwin