SOLUTION: how do you simplify 6b2 + 42b ---------- b3

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Question 445795: how do you simplify 6b2 + 42b
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b3
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) About Me  (Show Source):
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simplify
%286b%5E2+%2B+42b%29%2Fb%5E3
Factor out 6b
%286b%28b+%2B+7%29%29%2Fb%5E3
cancel b
%286%28b+%2B+7%29%29%2Fb%5E2