document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=939522>Question 939522</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What is the quotient in simplified form? State any restrictions on the variable. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "-a + 2/a - 5 / a+1/a^2 - 8a + 15 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "-a + 2/a - 5 / a+1/a^2 - 8a + 15<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= [-(a-2)/(a-5)]/(a+1)]<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cancel (a-5) to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= [-(a-2)(a-3)/(a+1)]<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= -(a^2-5a+6)/(a+1)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Restrictions:: a = 5 ; a = -1 ; a = 3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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