document.write( "Question 31986This question is from textbook INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA
\n" ); document.write( ": 2X
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\n" ); document.write( " X + 5
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\n" ); document.write( " X2 THIS IS MEANT TO BE X SQUARED
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\n" ); document.write( " X-1\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I HOPE YOU CAN TELL THAT THIS PROBLEM IS A FRACTION DIVIDED BY A FRACTION!
\n" ); document.write( "I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR IS (X+5)(X-1)?
\n" ); document.write( "I HAVE LEARNED TO TAKE THE LCD AND MULTIPLY IT BY THE FRACTION THE IN THE NUMERATOR AND DENOMINATOR, ALTHOUGH FOR SOME REASON I AM NOT COMING UP WITH THE SAME ANSWER AS THE BOOK! CAN YOU HELP? \n" ); document.write( "
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[2x/(x+5)]/[x^2/(x-1)]
\n" ); document.write( "= Invert the denominator and multiply to get:
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\n" ); document.write( "Cancel the factor \"x\" common to numerator and denominator, as follows:
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\n" ); document.write( "Multiply to get:
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\n" ); document.write( "Cheers,
\n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( "
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