Write the as so every term will be
a fraction:
Factor by taking out a , as
Put every term in parentheses:
The LCD is . Put it over and in
parentheses as and multiply through by it:
Cancel what will cancel:
All that's left is
Check to see if y=3 is a solution:
That contains division by 0 and that is
always undefined. So is not a
solution. It is call an "extraneous
solution", and not a genuine solution.
Therefore there is no solution to the
problem.
Edwin
