Chapter Twenty — Rational Expressions
The Humongous Book of Algebra Problems
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Simplifying Complex Fractions
Reduce fractions that contains fractions
20.30 Simplify the complex fraction: .
Express the complex fraction as a rational quotient.
Write the rational quotient as a product and simplify.
20.31 Simplify the complex fraction: .
Express the complex fraction as a quotient and simplify the expression.
A fraction
is really a
division problem—
the numerator
divided by the
denominator.
Just like in
Problems 20.23–
20.29.
Chapter Twenty — Rational Expressions
The Humongous Book of Algebra Problems
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20.32 Simplify the complex fraction: .
Express the complex fraction as a quotient and simplify the expression.
Reduce the fraction to lowest terms.
20.33 Simplify the complex fraction: .
Express the complex fraction as a quotient.
xy – y has a
greatest common
factor of y, and
x
2
– 9 is a difference
of perfect
squares.
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