document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=711279>Question 711279</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> (b-a) over ay = (b^2-a^2) over bx. in this problem we are supposed to find the x to y ratio. I multiplied b-a times bx and got b^2x-abx, then the other side ab^2y-a^3y and then put it together: b^2x-abx=ab^2y-a^3y then I factored out a bx from the quantity onthe left and got (b-a) and factored out a ay on the right the right and got (b^2-a^2) so then it is set up like: bx(b-a)=ay(b^2-a^2) now im kind of lost I see the difference of two squares but I don't know how to do the next step or if the steps I did were even the right ones to begin with </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "You want to solve this for x/y.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply each side of the equation by x:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply each side of the equation by a:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Divide each side of the equation by (b-a):<BR>\n" );
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