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document.write( " 2a/a^2-9 + a/a-3 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2a/a^2 - 9 + a/a - 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 2a/(a + 3)(a - 3) + a/a - 3 {factored a^2 - 9, it is a difference of two squares}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 2a/(a + 3)(a - 3) + a(a + 3)/(a + 3)(a - 3) {got a common denominator of (a + 3)(a - 3)}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2a + a(a + 3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-------------- {wrote vertically to see better}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a + 3)(a - 3)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2a + a^2 + 3a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "------------- {used distributive property}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a + 3)(a - 3)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a^2 + 5a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-------------- {combined like terms}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a + 3)(a - 3)<BR>\n" );
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