document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=458927>Question 458927</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 1. Something is wrong with the student’s work below. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Explain what the student did wrong.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Next, show how to simplify the fraction correctly.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The problem : x^2+6x+9 / x+3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Sara simplifies the expression as follows:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2+6(x is crossed out and replaced with ^1)+(9 is crossed out and replaced with 3) / (x is replaced with 1)+(3 is replaced with 1). It should look like this, x^2+6^1+3 / 1+1 = x^2+9, (x=-3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Explain what the student did wrong.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Next, show how to simplify the fraction correctly.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(x^2+6x+9) / (x+3)=x+3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x+3)^2=x^2+6x+9  </SPAN>\n" );
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