document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=7943>Question 7943</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> perform the indicated operation\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5/3a - 9 - 3/2a + 4/a^2 -3a\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Is this where you find the LCD and then go from there?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3= 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9 = 3^3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2= 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "largest  DISABLED_event_ones=  3^3 * 3 * 2 = 54a^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Book answer is:   a + 51/ 6a(a-3)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Pleae help. Thanks to all </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #4349 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=longjonsilver><B>longjonsilver(2297)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=longjonsilver><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=longjonsilver><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=4349\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> you have to write it down correctly on here, anywhere even: maths is a language and if you speak it incorrectly, then others will mis-interpret you: To get the answer you quoted, you need <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5%2F%283a-9%29+-+3%2F2a+%2B+4%2F%28a%5E2-3a%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5%2F%283a-9%29+-+3%2F2a+%2B+4%2F%28a%5E2-3a%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To alter any fraction, beit a numerical or algebraic fraction, you need to scale it up. We do this by multiplying by \"1\", to keep the actual fraction unchanged, but we write 1 as something like a/a...\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Right then, looking at all the denominators, we need to get them all the same: the LCM is 6a(a-3)...so \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "first term is multiplied by <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%282a%29%2F%282a%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%282a%29%2F%282a%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "second term is multiplied by <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%283%28a-3%29%29%2F%283%28a-3%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%283%28a-3%29%29%2F%283%28a-3%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "third term is multiplied by <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%286%2F6%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%286%2F6%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so we then get:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "jon.<BR>\n" );
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