SOLUTION: complex fractions 4 + 2 over x over x over 4+1 over 8

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Question 44459: complex fractions
4 + 2 over x over x over 4+1 over 8

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= 2/x + 4(x)/1(x) >> (4x + 2)/x [FACTOR 4x + 2, you get 2(2x + 1)/x
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= x (2)/4(2) + 1/8 (2x + 1)/8

= DIVIDE 2(2x + 1)/x by (2x + 1 )/8
[MULTIPLY THE FIRST TERM WIH THE INVERSE OF THE SECOND TERM]

= (2(2x + 1 )/x)(8/(2x +1) **Both (2x + 1) cancelled each other out

= (2)(8)/x
= 16/x

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