document.write( "Question 258153: Can anyone help me solve this problem on rational expressions.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "k^2 + k^4 -12/k^2 + k^10 +24 * k^2 + k -12/k^2 -9=\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #190030 by drk(1908) $\"\"$ $\"About$

You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Here is the original question
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\n" ); document.write( "I think the k^10 should be 10k. Otherwise it would be really tough to get a nice answer. So, suppose this were the question:
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\n" ); document.write( "assuming everything is written correctly, we factor everything first as
\n" ); document.write( "(iii) $\"%28k%5E2%2B4%29%28k%5E2-3%29%2F%28%28k%2B6%29%28k%2B4%29%29\"$ * $\"%28k%2B4%29%28k-3%29%2F%28k%2B3%29%28k-3%29%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "canceling (k-3) and (k+4) we get
\n" ); document.write( "(iv) $\"%28k%5E2%2B4%29%28k%5E2-3%29%2F%28k%2B6%29\"$ * $\"1%2F%28k%2B3%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "and finally
\n" ); document.write( "(v) $\"%28k%5E2%2B4%29%28k%5E2-3%29%2F%28%28k%2B6%29%28k%2B3%29%29\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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