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Example 8.50 from Elementary Algebra, 8.5 Simplify Complex Rational Expressions
Simplify:
Work it out on paper first. Then open the solution one step at a time, and stop as soon as you can finish on your own.
Are there any value(s) of that should not be allowed? The simplified rational expression has just a constant in the denominator. But the original complex rational expression had denominators of and . This expression would be undefined if or .
The book's Try It right after this example: same idea, new numbers. Only the answer is given.
Simplify:
How did it go?