SOLUTION: What is 1-3/x divided by x-9/x This problem deals with simplifying complex fractions. I am in college and taking an algebra 2 class
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What is 1-3/x divided by x-9/x This problem deals with simplifying complex fractions. I am in college and taking an algebra 2 class
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You can
put this solution on YOUR website!
I'm going to presume you mean:
Use plenty of parentheses next time so that your meaning is clear.
To divide one fraction by the other, use the same procedure they taught you in elementary school; invert and multiply:
Apply the LCD of
to the expression on the left:
Multiply numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator:
Eliminate factors common to both numerator and denominator:
And that's all you can do with this one.
John
