SOLUTION: if 6a^2-ab:2ab-b^2=6:1 find the a:b

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Question 257461: if 6a^2-ab:2ab-b^2=6:1 find the a:b
Answer by drk(1908)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
We have the following:

cross multiplying, we get

setting the equation = 0, we get

factoring, we get

solving each we get
a/b = 3/2
a/b = 2/3
So, we have two answers:
a:b = 3:2
a:b = 2:3

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