SOLUTION: When I follow the example given in the text and factor and reduce the following I am not certain my product is correct. 3/a^2+a * 2a+2/6 I factored 3*1/a*a+a * 2a+2/3*2 = 6

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Question 174255This question is from textbook Elementary and Intermediate Algebra
: When I follow the example given in the text and factor and reduce the following I am not certain my product is correct.
3/a^2+a * 2a+2/6
I factored
3*1/a*a+a * 2a+2/3*2 =
6a/3a^2 or 2a^2
Is this correct ? This question is from textbook Elementary and Intermediate Algebra

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Simplify:
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