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posted by Roger Will-Co on 9/1/2008 9:42:32 AM | status: Closed

....lowest term....

Course	Textbook	Chapter	Problem
Algebra	N/A	N/A	N/A

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Reduce to lowest terms

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posted by doooooo on 9/1/2008 10:00:40 AM | status: Live

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You can split into two parts since there is a common denominator

In each part cross out the common factors (compare the numerator with the denomiator)

There are "3"'s and ONE "x" that are common between the numerator and denominator. So u are left with an extra "x" in the numerator..Do the same for the second part. The 3 is a muliple of the 12 so u divide 12 by 3 and there is a common "x", therefore,

The final answer is

x+4y

Hope that helped=)

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posted by Anonymous on 9/1/2008 10:09:14 AM | status: Live

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Divide 3x into both terms you can separate the parts to read (3x^2/3x)-(12xy/3x)

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posted by The VC on 9/1/2008 12:28:38 PM | status: Live

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Hi,

For this question, you need to look at the numerator and denominator and notice what's in common in each term present.

After some thought, you should notice that a 3x can be factored out of the numerator.

Let's to this to see what we get: