SOLUTION: I am a homeschooling mom. I have come across these problems. I don't understand how it works. I want to be able to understand in order to teach my kid the right way.
Here are t
Question 128130: I am a homeschooling mom. I have come across these problems. I don't understand how it works. I want to be able to understand in order to teach my kid the right way.
Here are the problems in one 'sentence': ( if you see the dashes between these numbers - that is division. And..as for the # 3 and # 4 ...I have been unable to get the denominator to look the way it should... under the first combination it is divided by 2x; and the second combination, it is divded by an x.
1.
3/2 + 3/x
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2+4/x
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(3/2+3/x)/(2+4/x)=
3.
(3x+6)/(2x+4)
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2x x
4.
3x+6 * 2x+4
---- ---- =
2x x
5.
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I would very much appreciate your explanation and how you arrive to the answer..and please make it in layman's terms. Thanks. Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
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Put the fractions in the numerator & denominator over a single common denominator
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Factor out 3 in the numerator & 2 in the denominator
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Remember when you divide fractions, invert the dividing fraction and multiply *
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Cancel out (x+2) and x, leaving * =
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This is the same as the first one
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3. This is similar to the first equation after we put it over common denominators
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Factor out 3 in the numerator & 2 in the denominator
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Remember when you divide fractions, invert the dividing fraction and multiply *
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Cancel out (x+2) and x, leaving * =
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6x^2+24x+24
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2x^2
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notice that you can factor out 6 in the numerator, then cancel 2 into 6 =
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The numerator has a perfect square and can be factored to: =
