document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=774793>Question 774793</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me with this problem. I need to exclude the values in the denominator <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(m2-8m+15)/(5m2+m) give me the step by step factoring process and what would be excluded in the denominator </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #472463 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=sofiyac><B>sofiyac(983)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-11.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=sofiyac><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=sofiyac><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=472463\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> denominator can't be zero since we can't divide by zero so set the bottom equal to zero and solve for m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5m%5E2%2Bm=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5m%5E2%2Bm=0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > factor out m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m(5m+1)=0 so now you have two parts to work with, first one is <BR>\n" );
document.write( "m=0 so m can't be zero, and second part is <BR>\n" );
document.write( "5m+1=0 solve for m, so subtract 1 from each side and you get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5m=-1 now divide each side by 5 and you get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m=-1/5 so m can't be -1/5 either </SPAN>\n" );
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