document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=705096>Question 705096</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How to simplify 1/(x+7/2). I cannot figure this part out while working on an equation. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #434446 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39627)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=434446\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The expression is a complex fraction because the denominator still contains a fraction.  Try multiplying the entire fraction by <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > to clear the denominator of 2 in the main denominator:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "=<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%2F%282x%2B7%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%2F%282x%2B7%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, no longer complex but is simplified. </SPAN>\n" );
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