SOLUTION: What is the quotient in simplified form? State any restrictions on the variable.
-a + 2/a - 5 / a+1/a^2 - 8a + 15
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Question 939522: What is the quotient in simplified form? State any restrictions on the variable.
-a + 2/a - 5 / a+1/a^2 - 8a + 15 Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! What is the quotient in simplified form? State any restrictions on the variable.
-a + 2/a - 5 / a+1/a^2 - 8a + 15
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= [-(a-2)/(a-5)]/(a+1)]
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Cancel (a-5) to get:
= [-(a-2)(a-3)/(a+1)]
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= -(a^2-5a+6)/(a+1)
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Restrictions:: a = 5 ; a = -1 ; a = 3
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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