document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=745496>Question 745496</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> simplify complex fraction:  numerator is x/(x+2)  and denominator is 1/x + 1/x+2.  I think answer is x^2/2x+2 but not sure how to get it. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "simplify complex fraction: numerator is x/(x+2) and denominator is 1/x + 1/x+2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "note that 1/x +1/(x+2) = x+2+x/x(x+2) then we get\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x/(x+2) * x(x+2)/2x+2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "cancel the x+2 term and we have\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x * x / 2(x+1) = x^2 / 2(x+1)\r<BR>\n" );
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