SOLUTION: On my practice lesson, complex fractions. I am bit overwhelmed with questions with three or four terms in a fraction. Can anyone please help or explain how to solve? Find: (1

Question 629846: On my practice lesson, complex fractions.
I am bit overwhelmed with questions with three or four terms in a fraction.
Can anyone please help or explain how to solve?
Find:
(15ab-5a)/(16a^2-9) / 6b^3-2b^2/8ab+20a-6b-15
It's a division problem consisting of two fractions,
I understand I need to factor out. But the 8ab+20a-6b-15 is really throwing me off during the process, please help?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I'll help you factor 8ab+20a-6b-15. Hopefully that will get you going (if not, let me know)

Start with the given expression

Group the terms in two pairs

Factor out the GCF out of the first group. Factor out the GCF out of the second group

Since we have the common term , we can combine like terms

So factors to

In other words, for all values of 'a' and 'b'

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