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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I understand somewhat how to find teh LCD in problems, but the issue I am running into is when the problem is 5/(x-2)+ 6. The answer I got when I worked the problem was not the same as the book. I got 6x+3\x-2, but the back of the book has 6x-7/x-2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \  \frac{5}{x-2} + 6 = \frac{5}{x-2} + \frac{6(x-2)}{x-2}= \frac {5 + 6(x -2)}{x - 2}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is the point where you may have gone wrong.  I think you might have written:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \   \frac {5 + 6(x -2)}{x - 2} = \frac {5 + 6x -2}{x - 2}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Which is incorrect because the 6 has to distribute across the (<i>x</i> - 2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \  \Large 6(x - 2) = 6x - 12\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \   \frac {5 + 6(x -2)}{x - 2} = \frac {5 + 6x -12}{x - 2} = \frac {6x - 7}{x - 2}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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