document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=107863>Question 107863</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Help me please, I have tried to understand how to do this one..\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write the expression in simplest form.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ab - 3a + 5b – 15/15 + 3a^2 - 5b – a^2b\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ab - 3a + 5b – 15/15 + 3a^2 - 5b – a^2b <BR>\n" );
document.write( "[a(b-3)+5(b-3)] / [3(5+a^2)-b(5+a^2)]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "[(b-3)(a+5)] / [(5+a^2)(3-b)]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "[-(3-b)(a+5)]/[(5+a^2)(3-b)]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cancel (3-b) which is common to numerator and denominator:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= -(a+5)/(5+a^2)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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