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:


`x^2-10x-11 = 0`


You
need to use quadratic formula such that:


`x_(1,2) =
(10+-sqrt(100 + 4*11))/2`


`x_(1,2) =
(10+-sqrt144)/2`


`x_(1,2) =
(10+-12)/2`


`x_1 = 11 ; x_2 =
-1`


You may write the factored form of denominator such
that:


`x^2-10x-11 =
(x-11)(x+1)`


You need to factor out `2x`  to numerator such
that:


`2x^2-22x =
2x(x-11)`


You need to substitute `2x(x-11)`  for
`2x^2-22x`  and `(x-11)(x+1)`  for x^2-10x-11 such
that:


`(2x^2-22x)/(x^2-10x-11) =
(2x(x-11))/((x-11)(x+1))`


Reducing by factor `x-11` 
yields:


`(2x^2-22x)/(x^2-10x-11) =
2x/(x+1)`


Hence, simplifying the fraction to
its lowest terms yields `(2x^2-22x)/(x^2-10x-11) = 2x/(x+1).`

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