document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=537445>Question 537445</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me simplify the rational expression?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8x-12/3-2x </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "3 - 2x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8x - 12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-------- {flipped denominator around, so that x is first}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2x + 3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4(2x - 3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "---------- {factored 4 out of top and -1 out of bottom}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-1(2x - 3)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= - 4 {cancelled 2x - 3 on top and bottom}<BR>\n" );
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