SOLUTION: I am struggling with this problem and do not know how to solve it. Please help if you can.. I am not to good at this type of problem and do not know where to begin. Thank you and t

Write it as a division problem:

÷

Invert what we are dividing by, called the "divisor",
and change the division to multiplication, use as 
askerisk " * " for multiplication rather than an " x " 
so we won't get it mixed up with the x's used for
variables:

*

Let's just work on the part in the red rectangle below, and
just bring the rest down until we finish that part:

*

The LCD in that part is , so we multiply the first
fraction by  and the second fraction by 


*

In each term, indicate the multiplication of the 
numerators and denominators by writing them as one 
fraction:

*

Next we multiply out the numerators 
(but not the denominators):

*

Now we combine the numerators over the LCD:

*

Now we can factor out a  in the numerator:

*

That's all we can do with that part, so let's
put a red rectangle around the other part:

*

We can factor the numerator:

*

Next we indicate the multiplication of the numerators
and denominators:



We can cancel the 's



We can cancel the 's



We can cancel the 's



and we are left with just the number

.

All that work just to get 2!  

Edwin