document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=44734>Question 44734</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I am very new to algebra.  I am just beginning to understand how to simplify equations.  However, for the following one I just don't understand how to begin.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Any help would be greatly appreciated.  You don't have to solve it for me but just a little help understanding how to approach it would be great.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "12x^3 - 2x / 6x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thank you </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "To simplify an equation you need to factor out both the numerator and demoninator if possible. Then cancel out any common factors they have. Hope this helps.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Factor each side<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cancel out each side of common factors<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since there is a 2,3, and x common to both the top and the bottom we cancel them out and are left with:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps <BR>\n" );
document.write( "-Danielle </SPAN>\n" );
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