document.write( "Question 174645: simplify the complex fraction, reduce to lowest terms\r
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document.write( "Put parentheses around numerator and denominator:\r\n" );
document.write( "\"matrix%283%2C1%2C%281%2F9+%2B+1%2F%283x%29%29%2C%22---------%22%2C%28x%2F9+-+1%2Fx%29%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "The LCD of all the denominators is \"9x\", so we\r\n" );
document.write( "multiply by \"%289x%29%2F%289x%29\" but we first write it as\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"matrix%283%2C1%2C%28%289x%29%2F1%29%2C%22---------%22%2C%28%289x%29%2F1%29%29\" \r\n" );
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document.write( "so everything will be fractions:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now we indicate the multiplication of numerators \r\n" );
document.write( "and denominators:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now we distribute:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now we cancel:\r\n" );
document.write( "             3\r\n" );
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document.write( "All that's left is\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%28x%2B3%29%2F%28x%5E2-9%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Factor the denominator:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%28x%2B3%29%2F%28%28x-3%29%28x%2B3%29%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cancel the \"%28x%2B3%29\"'s\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"matrix%282%2C1%2C1%2C+%28cross%28x%2B3%29%29%2F%28%28x-3%29%28cross%28x%2B3%29%29%29%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now all that's left is\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"1%2F%28x-3%29\"\r\n" );
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