SOLUTION: 2X
____
X + 5
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X2 THIS IS MEANT TO BE X SQUARED
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X-1
I HOPE YOU CAN TELL THAT THIS PROBLEM IS A FRACTION DIVIDED BY A FRACTION!
I WOULD LIKE TO KN
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: 2X
____
X + 5
_________
X2 THIS IS MEANT TO BE X SQUARED
____
X-1
I HOPE YOU CAN TELL THAT THIS PROBLEM IS A FRACTION DIVIDED BY A FRACTION!
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR IS (X+5)(X-1)?
I HAVE LEARNED TO TAKE THE LCD AND MULTIPLY IT BY THE FRACTION THE IN THE NUMERATOR AND DENOMINATOR, ALTHOUGH FOR SOME REASON I AM NOT COMING UP WITH THE SAME ANSWER AS THE BOOK! CAN YOU HELP?
This question is from textbook INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
[2x/(x+5)]/[x^2/(x-1)]
= Invert the denominator and multiply to get:
[2x/(x+5)]
Cancel the factor "x" common to numerator and denominator, as follows:
[2/(x+5)]
Multiply to get:
[2x-1]/[x^2+5x]
Cheers,
Stan H.
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