SOLUTION: Please help me solve the following 2x^2-x-3/ 3x^2+7x+4 * 3x^2-11x-20/4x^2-9 Thank you for your help as I am completely lost on how to solve these problems.

Question 26502: Please help me solve the following
2x^2-x-3/ 3x^2+7x+4 * 3x^2-11x-20/4x^2-9
Thank you for your help as I am completely lost on how to solve these problems.
Found 2 solutions by ashben2000, stanbon:
Answer by ashben2000(1) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First, factor the problem out!
2x^2-x-3/ 3x^2+7x+4 * 3x^2-11x-20/ 4x^2-9
You will get
(2x-3)(x+1)/(3x+4)(x+1) * (3x+4)(x-5)/(2x+3)(2x-3)
Cancel Out the top numbers with the bottom numbers on either side and your left with
x-5/2x+3
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Tosimplify problems of this type you need to be able to
factor the various parts of the problem. If you can do
that the problem will look like this:
[(2x+3)(x-1)/[(3x+4)(x+1)] * [(3x+4)(x-5)]/[(2x-3)(2x+3)]
Now you can cancel factors that are common to a numerator
and a denominator such as (2x+3) and (3x+4).
Then you end up with the following:
[(x-1)/(x+1)]
You can't simplify that any further.
Cheers,
stan H.
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