document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=238203>Question 238203</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Need to simplify the rational expressions completely....\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "These are fractions not division\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y+3/y+3   +     7/3y+9       -    2/y^2+3y  <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is as far as I could do it.  I hope I'm not mising further steps.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "now factor the second and third denominators<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "now factor the common denominator<BR>\n" );
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