document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=178478>Question 178478</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1559539399/algebrahomeworkh>Discovering Advanced Algebra</A><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify the expression and identify values for which the expression is undefined......\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I think that the undefined values for x are -3 and 0 and for y is 0 since those values would cause a denominator to become 0.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please confirm my logic and help with simplifying.  THANKS </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "((2/y)-1)/((3/x)+1) \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I think that the undefined values for x are -3 and 0 and for y is 0 since those values would cause a denominator to become 0.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The undefined value for x is 0; the undefined value for y is 0.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Simplifying:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= [(2-y)/y] / [(3+x)/x]\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Invert the denominator and multiply to get:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "[(2-y)/y] * [x/(3+x)]\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= [x(2-y)]/[y(3+x)]\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.\r<BR>\n" );
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