document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=633807>Question 633807</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> simplify the following expression<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b^2+5b+6 over with a light grey line 3bc/(dark grey lineb^2-9/ light grey line6bc<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #399162 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><B>solver91311(24713)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><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=solver91311><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=399162\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"+2\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is nothing more than one rational expression divided by the other.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \frac{\ \ \frac{b^2\ +\ 5b\ +\ 6}{3bc}\ \ \ }{\frac{b^2\ -\ 9}{6bc}}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Which is the same as saying:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \frac{b^2\ +\ 5b\ +\ 6}{3bc}\ \div\ \frac{b^2\ -\ 9}{6bc}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Just like dividing any other fractions, you invert and multiply. (That's right: You are NOT allowed to forget something you learned in the 4th grade just because you are now taking algebra)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \frac{b^2\ +\ 5b\ +\ 6}{3bc}\ \times\ \frac{6bc}{b^2\ -\ 9}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hint: You will want to factor the numerator on the left and the denominator on the right because you will find a common factor that you can eliminate.  Right, reducing to lowest terms works just as well here as it does with plain numbers.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let me know what you come up with.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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