SOLUTION: • Explain what the student did wrong.
• Next, show how to simplify the fraction correctly.
Sara simplifies the expression as follows:
x^2+6x+9/x+3
(step two of the student
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• Next, show how to simplify the fraction correctly.
Sara simplifies the expression as follows:
x^2+6x+9/x+3
(step two of the student
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Question 458221: • Explain what the student did wrong.
• Next, show how to simplify the fraction correctly.
Sara simplifies the expression as follows:
x^2+6x+9/x+3
(step two of the students problem.)
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http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n551/Ghost-1332/problem.jpg Answer by Edwin McCravy(20063) (Show Source):
This is wrong because you can only cancel factors of a numerator
with factors of a denominator. You may not cancel terms.
Here's how to simplify it correctly
Factor the numerator:
Now you can cancel the factor
Edwin
