SOLUTION: The problem that I am working on is this one:
1/a-b + 4/b-a -8/a+b - 11a-5b/b^2-a^2 I know that I have to find the common denominator but on this problem I keep getting confused..
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1/a-b + 4/b-a -8/a+b - 11a-5b/b^2-a^2 I know that I have to find the common denominator but on this problem I keep getting confused..
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Question 454769: The problem that I am working on is this one:
1/a-b + 4/b-a -8/a+b - 11a-5b/b^2-a^2 I know that I have to find the common denominator but on this problem I keep getting confused... Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
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First factor the denominator of the last term
Now express the first term as:
Combine the first two terms:
So far I have:
Now multiply top and bottom of 1st term by
Multiply top and bottom of 2nd term by
Now combine the fractions with common denominator:
Combine terms in the numerator
The numerator is , so
One way to check the answer is to give values for and
Note that cannot = , since the answer would be
I'll say ,
OK
