document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=108303>Question 108303</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can you expand: 1/(a+b) to something like c/d + e/f ?<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 #78926 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=wgunther><B>wgunther(43)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-07.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=wgunther><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=78926\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> c=0, d=anything but 0, e=1, f=a+b. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c=2, d=a+b, e=-1, f=a+b\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c=1, d=1, e=1-a-b, f=a+b\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Not very helpful I'm sure, but algebraically 1/(a+b) cannot be expanded into anything more helpful then it is. There are an infinite number of rational sums however.  </SPAN>\n" );
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