Question

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12.) a^2 + 5a + 4 over a^3 divided by a^2 + 3a + 2 over a^2 - 2a.

14.) (12x^2 + 9x - 7) divided by 3x.

Answer 1

It is Multiplying & Dividing Rational Expressions & Dividing Polynomials... So please help, i am behinnd and need help! Thank You:)

Answer 2

okay... so what does over a^3 mean?

Answer 3

a^2 + 5a + 4/a^3 divided by a^2 + 3a + 2/a^2 - 2a

Answer 4

Is your question this? \[\frac{\frac{a^2 + 5a + 4}{a^{3}}}{\frac{a^2 + 3a + 2}{a^2 - 2a}}\]

Answer 5

Yes

Answer 6

Any time you have a fraction, divided by a fraction, you can rewrite it as the numerator fraction multiplied by the inverse of the denominator fraction. like this: \[\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\frac{2}{4}}\rightarrow\frac{1}{2}\times\frac{4}{2}\]

Answer 7

So you can rewrite your problem like this: \[\frac{a^2 + 5a + 4}{a^{3}}\times\frac{a^2 - 2a}{a^2 + 3a + 2}\]

Answer 8

Now if you factor each of these you can simplify before you multiply them.