Monday, July 28, 2014

Simplify to the lowest terms (2x^2-22x)/(x^2-10x-11)

You should write the factored form of denominator, hence,
you need to find the zeroes of denominator such
that:



You
need to use quadratic formula such that:



(10+-sqrt(100 + 4*11))/2



(10+-sqrt144)/2



(10+-12)/2



-1


You may write the factored form of denominator such
that:



(x-11)(x+1)


You need to factor out   to numerator such
that:



2x(x-11)


You need to substitute   for
  and   for x^2-10x-11 such
that:



(2x(x-11))/((x-11)(x+1))


Reducing by factor  
yields:



2x/(x+1)


Hence, simplifying the fraction to
its lowest terms yields

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