document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=41487>Question 41487</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0534494498/algebrahomeworkh>Algebra and Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Simplify the expression:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1/x-1/b over 1/xb+1/2 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let simplify 1/x-1/b---> (1/x-1)(1/b)--->1/b(x-1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let simplify 1/xb+1/2--->(1/xb+1)(1/2)--->1/2(xb+1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let put them together and simplify :<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/b(x-1) over 1/2(xb+1)----> [1/b(x-1)][ 2(xb+1)/1]--->2(xb+1)/b(x-1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The answer is 2(xb+1)/b(x-1) </SPAN>\n" );
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