Question 1104615
see my worksheet below.


you factor whatever you can.


this makes the job much simpler because a lot of the factors will cancel out and you are left with a simpler expression to work with.


here's my worksheet.


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the solution makes use of the fact that:


if f(x) = a/b and h(x) = c/d, then


f(x) / h(x) = (a/b) / (c/d) = (a/b) * (d/c) = (a*d) / (b*c)