Question

simplify 11/(x-1)^2

Answer 1

thats already pretty simple.. i suppose you could expand it. you sure thats how its written?

Answer 2

yeah

Answer 3

well \[(x-1)^2 = (x-1)(x-1)\]

Answer 4

so you can replace the bottom part (the denominator) with that.

Answer 5

then you can use the foil method to expand the bottom part

Answer 6

what is the foil methos sorry I am no good at math

Answer 7

its okay

Answer 8

so the foil method is like this
when you have two paraenthesis multiplied by each other

Answer 9

we draw arrows to show us exactly what needs to be multiplied.