document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=419567>Question 419567</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Simplify the rational expression.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a^2 + 13a + 40) / (a^2 - 4a - 45) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "(a^2 + 13a + 40) / (a^2 - 4a - 45)\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a^2 + 13a + 40<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a^2 - 4a - 45\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a + 8)(a + 5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-------------- {factored top and bottom into two binomials}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a - 9)(a + 5)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a + 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "------ {cancelled a + 5 on top and bottom}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a - 9<BR>\n" );
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