document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=946986>Question 946986</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> simplify the complex fraction \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #577754 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=577754\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Pure text:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4/(x+3)/(1/x+3)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The left three curly braces, the expression, the right three curly braces:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4%2F%28x%2B3%29%2F%281%2Fx%2B3%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4%2F%28x%2B3%29%2F%281%2Fx%2B3%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I wanted to say:  \"Decide which is your main fraction bar to start.  Suggestion is, pick the second one.\", but the rendering is not letting it appear the way I want it to appear.  Multiply the entire complex fraction by <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28x%2Fx%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28x%2Fx%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, which is useable as a lowest common denominator  (for a first step).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That first expression is really supposed to look like this:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%284%2F%28x%2B3%29%29%2F%281%2Fx%2B3%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%284%2F%28x%2B3%29%29%2F%281%2Fx%2B3%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Mulpiliciation by 1:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28%284x%29%2F%28x%2B3%29%29%2F%281%2B3x%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28%284x%29%2F%28x%2B3%29%29%2F%281%2B3x%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can formally understand the next step as  multiplication by <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1=%281%2F%281%2B3x%29%29%2F%281%2F%281%2B3x%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1=%281%2F%281%2B3x%29%29%2F%281%2F%281%2B3x%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  which will give you, with a little adjustment,  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%28%284x%29%2F%28%28x%2B3%29%283x%2B1%29%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%28%284x%29%2F%28%28x%2B3%29%283x%2B1%29%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >; and you can then finish multiplication within the denominator.<BR>\n" );
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