SOLUTION: Simplify the complex fraction 1-5/a-1 divided by 3-2/a-1 I did not know if I was supposed to multiply each by 1 and work from there or what step should I take. I would apprecia

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: Simplify the complex fraction
1-5/a-1
divided by
3-2/a-1
I did not know if I was supposed to multiply each by 1 and work from there or what step should I take. I would appreciate any help possible This question is from textbook

Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You need to use more parens. It is hard to know what your question really is without them.
I'll assume you meant
you need to find a common denominator for both the numberator terms and the denominator terms.

Turns out that both fractions have the same denominator
Dividing two fractions is the same as multipling the numerator fraction by the inverse of the denominator fraction.

Now = 1 so those terms "cancel", leaving

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