SOLUTION: If y=a/a+b and x=a/b, what is y in terms of x?

SOLUTION: If y=a/a+b and x=a/b, what is y in terms of x?

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Question 325464: If y=a/a+b and x=a/b, what is y in terms of x?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the second equation.

Multiply both sides by 'b'.

So

Move back to the first equation.

Plug in

Factor out the GCF 'b' from the denominator.

Cancel out the common terms.

Simplify.

So the answer is

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