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6xy-4x-9y+6
6y²-13y+6
First we must factor the numerator:
6xy - 4x - 9y + 6
Out of the first two terms we factor out 2x:
2x(3y - 2) - 9y + 6
Out of the last two terms we factor out -3
2x(3y - 2) - 3(3y - 2)
Now we notice that there is a common factor
of (3y - 2). So we factor that red factor
out putting the black parts in parentheses:
(3y - 2)(2x - 3)
or writing it all in black:
(3y - 2)(2x - 3)
Next we must factor the denominator:
6y² - 13y + 6
Multiply the red 6 by the purple 6, getting 36
Think of two integers which have product 36 and SUM the green 13.
(Note: the reason it's SUM and not DIFFERENCE is because the last
sign in the trinomial is +. If it had been - we would have said
"DIFFERENCE" here).
Anyway, two integers whose product is 36 and whose sum is 13 are
9 and 4. So we rewrite 13 as either 4 + 9 or 9 + 4, whichever you
choose. I will choose 9 + 4:
So the denominator
6y² - 13y + 6
becomes
6y² - (9 + 4)y + 6
Distribute to remove the parentheses:
6y² - 9y - 4y + 6
Factor 3y out of the first two terms:
3y(2y - 3) - 4y + 6
Factor -2 out of the last two terms:
3y(2y - 3) - 2(2y - 3)
Now we notice that there is a common factor
of (2y - 3). So we factor that red factor
out putting the black parts in parentheses:
(2y - 3)(3y - 2)
or writing it all in black:
(2y - 3)(3y - 2)
Now putting the factored numerator over the factored denominator:
(3y - 2)(2x - 3)
(2y - 3)(3y - 2)
Now we cancel the (3y - 2)'s
1
(3y - 2)(2x - 3)
(2y - 3)(3y - 2)
1
and all that's left is
(2x - 3)
(2y - 3)
We do not need the parentheses:
2x - 3
2y - 3
Caution: do not try to cancel anything else
because neither the 2's not the -3's are
factors of the numerator and denominator.
Edwin