document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=943757>Question 943757</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Adding rational expressions with different denominators: ax, bx\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How do I get this into a single fraction in simplest form?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3+(8x+8y)/3x-(6x+8y)/9x \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I can get it to this;\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "18x2 + 16xy + 27<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  覧覧覧覧覧覧覧覧<BR>\n" );
document.write( "         9 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But then I am lost on how t get it further simplified.  </SPAN>\n" );
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