<PRE><B>Question 127212</B>
I need to express the following in the simplest form:
{a^2+6a-7}                  {2a^2+a-15}           {a^2+5a-14}
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{6a^2-7a-20}                {a^2+2a-3}            {3a^2-2a-8}

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Factor where you can; Cancel where you can:

{(a+7)(a-1)}       *        {(2a-5)(a+3)}   /     {(a+7)(a-2)}
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{(2a-5)(3a+4)}              {(a+3)(a-1)}          {(a-2)(3a+4)}

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Cancel (a-1),(2a-5),(a+3), (a-2)

{(a+7)}       *        1    /     {(a+7)}
---------             ---         ------------
{(3a+4)}               1          {(3a+4)}

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Invert the denominator and multiply to get:

Final Answer: 1
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Cheers,
Stan H.</PRE>