SOLUTION: Hello can you solve me a partial fractions equation please its (x²+9x+8)/(x²+x-6)

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Question 602449: Hello
can you solve me a partial fractions equation please its
(x²+9x+8)/(x²+x-6)

Answer by AnlytcPhil(1806) About Me  (Show Source):
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%28x%5E2%2B9x%2B8%29%2F%28x%5E2%2Bx-6%29

To break into partial fractions, the numerator must have a smaller degree
than the denominator.  If the numerator has the same or larger degree, we
must first divide by long division:

                      1
x² + x - 6)x² + 9x +  8 
           x² +  x -  6
                8x + 14

 
%28x%5E2%2B9x%2B8%29%2F%28x%5E2%2Bx-6%29 = 1 + %288x%2B14%29%2F%28x%5E2%2Bx-6%29

So we break %288x%2B14%29%2F%28x%5E2%2Bx-6%29 into partial fractions and add 
what we get to the 1 above:

%288x%2B14%29%2F%28x%5E2%2Bx-6%29 = %288x%2B14%29%2F%28%28x%2B3%29%28x-2%29%29

%288x%2B14%29%2F%28%28x%2B3%29%28x-2%29%29 = A%2F%28x%2B3%29 + B%2F%28x-2%29

 8x + 14 = A(x - 2) + B(x + 3)

This must be an identity for all x, so we substitute 2 for x to make the
first term on the right become 0:

 8(2) + 14 = A(2 - 2) + B(2 + 3)
   16 + 14 = 5B
        30 = 5B
         6 = B 

Substitute -3 for x to make the second term on the right become 0:

 8(-3) + 14 = A(-3 - 2) + B(-3 + 3)
   -24 + 14 = -5A
        -10 = -5A
          2 = A

%288x%2B14%29%2F%28%28x%2B3%29%28x-2%29%29 = 2%2F%28x%2B3%29 + 6%2F%28x-2%29



Now we add that to 1 and get

%28x%5E2%2B9x%2B8%29%2F%28x%5E2%2Bx-6%29 = 1 + 2%2F%28x%2B3%29 + 6%2F%28x-2%29

Edwin