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#1 2006-05-17 10:03:53

stormswimmer
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Math Final

I am studying for my Math final and i have trouble with this one type of problem. For Instance
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#2 2006-05-17 11:58:59

MathsIsFun
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Re: Math Final

The trick is to give them the same denominator.

How can you turn (w-2) into (w²+w-6) ?

By guesswork I figured that you could multiply by (w+3):

(w-2)(w+3) = w²+3w-2w-6=w²+w-6

So, multiply top and bottom of the first term by (w+3), then combine the terms and simplify


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#3 2006-05-17 12:28:18

liuv
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Registered: 2006-05-14
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Re: Math Final

:D

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#4 2006-05-19 01:06:10

krassi_holmz
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Re: Math Final

I think it's


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