document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=118965>Question 118965</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Book is McGraw Hill - Beginning Algebra 6th Ed. by Hutchinson.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Chapter 3 Section 3.4 exercise question at end of section number 78\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Problem is to multiply the fraction\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(x/3+3/4)(3x/4-3/5) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Use FOIL to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "F: x/3 * 3x/4 = x^2/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "O: x/3 * -3/5 = -x/5 = -16x/80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I: 3x/4 * 3/4 = 9x/16= 45x/80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L: (3/4)*-3/5 = -9/20<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Combine to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2/5 -29x/80 - 9/20<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.- </SPAN>\n" );
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