document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=530529>Question 530529</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do I reduce the fraction (4x+3)/(20x^2+23x+6) to simplest form, and include any restrictions on x? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "(4x+3)/(20x^2+23x+6)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Factor:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(4x+3)/[(4x+3)(5x+2)]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Restrictions on \"x\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x cannot be -3/4; x cannot be -2/5.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cancel the factor common to numerator and denominator to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 1/(5x+2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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