document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=572748>Question 572748</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I'm having a lot of trouble with this one problem and I'm not sure how you are able to solve it. Can you please also show me the steps to solving it?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x^3+7x-2x/2x^2-162* 12x-60/4x^2+15x-4* x^2+9x/x^2-3x-10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thanks for the help! </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #368519 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><B>KMST(5328)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=KMST><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=368519\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I believe you meant something like:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28%284x%5E3%2B7x-2x%29%2F%282x%5E2-162%29%29%2A%28%2812x-60%29%2F%284x%5E2%2B15x-4%29%29%2A%28%28x%5E2%2B9x%29%2F%28x%5E2-3x-10%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >=((4x^3+7x-2x)/(2x^2-162))*((12x-60)/(4x^2+15x-4))*((x^2+9x)/(x^2-3x-10))<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A whole bunch of parentheses are needed if you cannot write a horizontal fraction bar. (Those wonderful fraction bars come with invisible sets of brackets enclosing numerator and denominator).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I also believe you lost an exponent 2, so I'll put it back, and I'll multiply all those fractions into one, as we do with numbers:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28%284x%5E3%2B7x%5E2-2x%29%2F%282x%5E2-162%29%29%2A%28%2812x-60%29%2F%284x%5E2%2B15x-4%29%29%2A%28%28x%5E2%2B9x%29%2F%28x%5E2-3x-10%29%29=%284x%5E3%2B7x%5E2-2x%29%2F%282x%5E2-162%29%2A+%2812x-60%29%2F%284x%5E2%2B15x-4%29%2A+%28x%5E2%2B9x%29%2F%28x%5E2-3x-10%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Next comes a lot of factoring<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%284x%5E3%2B7x%5E2-2x%29%2F%282x%5E2-162%29%2A%2812x-60%29%2F%284x%5E2%2B15x-4%29%2A+%28x%5E2%2B9x%29%2F%28x%5E2-3x-10%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >=<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%284x-1%29%28x%2B2%29%2A12%28x-5%29%2Ax%28x%2B9%29+%2F2%28x-9%29%28x%2B9%29%284x-1%29%28x%2B4%29%28x%2B2%29%28x-5%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "followed by cancelling out factors that appear on both sides of the fraction bar<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2812%2F2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%2812%2F2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28x%2Ax+%2F%28x-9%29%28x%2B4%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28x%2Ax+%2F%28x-9%29%28x%2B4%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28%284x-1%29%2F%284x-1%29%29%2A%28%28x%2B2%29%2F%28x%2B2%29%29%2A%28%28x-5%29%2F%28x-5%29%29%2A%28%28x%2B9%29%2F%28x%2B9%29%29=6x%5E2%2F%28x-9%29%28x%2B4%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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