document.write( "Question 86002: Hi everyone, How do I divide 2x-6/21 divided by 5x-15/12?? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "Whenever you are dividing 2 fractions, the trick is to change the divide into a multiply and take the reciprocal of the 2nd fraction:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28%282x-6%29%2F21%29%2A%2812%2F%285x-15%29%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Now, just multiply numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%2824x-72%29%2F%28105x-315%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Looks like if you can factor out a 3 from numerator and denominator:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"3%288x-24%29%2F3%2835x-105%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Cancel out the 3's and you are left with:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight%28%288x-24%29%2F%2835x-105%29%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Good Luck,
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