document.write( "Question 325464: If y=a/a+b and x=a/b, what is y in terms of x? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #233049 by jim_thompson5910(35256)\"\" \"About 
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\"x=a%2Fb\" Start with the second equation.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"bx=a\" Multiply both sides by 'b'.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So \"a=bx\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=a%2F%28a%2Bb%29\" Move back to the first equation.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=%28bx%29%2F%28bx%2Bb%29\" Plug in \"a=bx\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=%28bx%29%2F%28b%28x%2B1%29%29\" Factor out the GCF 'b' from the denominator.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=%28cross%28b%29%2Ax%29%2F%28cross%28b%29%28x%2B1%29%29\" Cancel out the common terms.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=x%2F%28x%2B1%29\" Simplify.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So the answer is \"y=x%2F%28x%2B1%29\"
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