document.write( "Question 146886This question is from textbook Glencoe Algebra 1
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Find Sum.
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document.write( "You can use this principle for adding two fractions:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%28UPPER_LEFT%29%2F%28LOWER_LEFT%29%2B%28UPPER_RIGHT%29%2F%28LOWER_RIGHT%29\" =\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%284%282%2Ba%29%2Ba%283a-6%29%29%2F%283a-6%29%282%2Ba%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply out the top and bottoms:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%288%2B4a%2B3a%5E2-6a%29%2F%286a%2B3a%5E2-12-6a%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Combine like terms:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%288-2a%2B3a%5E2%29%2F%283a%5E2-12%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Write the top in descending order:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%283a%5E2-2a%2B8%29%2F%283a%5E2-12%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "You can factor the bottom as \"3%28a-2%29%28a%2B2%29\"\r\n" );
document.write( "if you like, but there is no reason to, because\r\n" );
document.write( "the top doesn't factor.  But if you like you\r\n" );
document.write( "can express the final answer as:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%283a%5E2-2a%2B8%29%2F%283%28a-2%29%28a%2B2%29%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin
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