SOLUTION: please help me to divide and simplify :
9x^2y/5 / 3xy^2/20=
(my answer was : 12xy/y = 12x but that was incorrect)
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Question 543396: please help me to divide and simplify :
9x^2y/5 / 3xy^2/20=
(my answer was : 12xy/y = 12x but that was incorrect)
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, jpg7n16:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Invert the divisor and multiply
Then either cancel, or multiply and then cancel
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Answer by jpg7n16(66) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If I've read your problem correctly, it's this, correct?:
A few things will be helpful to note here:
and
We can take your 2 pieces and make them easier to work with:
and
That makes your problem
So you were very close, you just had an extra Y in there.