document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=65486>Question 65486</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Subtract and express in simplest form\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    3       -     1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2+4x+3        x^2-9\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3-1 = 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 and x^2 cancel each other out leaving me with 4x+3 and -9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x + 3 = 7x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Giving me the problem of:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "7x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Is this the right way of doing it and the right answer?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    3       -     1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2+4x+3        x^2-9\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Factor the denominators as follows:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "[3/(x+3)(x+1)]-[1/(x-3)(x+3)]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You can't do the subtraction till you get the same <BR>\n" );
document.write( "denominator on the two fractions.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The least common denominator is (x+1)(x+3)(x-3)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Re-write each fraction with the lcd as its denominator, as follows:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=[3(x-3)/lcd]-[(x+1)/lcd]<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now you can perform the subraction as follows:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=[3x-9-x-1]/lcd<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=[2x-10]/[(x+1)(x+3)(x-3)]<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That's as far as you can go with this messy problem.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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