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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Medals!!!!!!!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Multiply. State any excluded values.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (anonymous):

q cannot be -2 because you'll get a 0 on the bottom. you can cancel the -3 from the bottom of the first and the top of the second. then multiply across the top to get the numerator and across the bottom to get the denominator.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

So what would be the answer?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

do it and find out

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Ugh..... Why?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Would it be that?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

???

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@pgpilot326

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Does anybody know?

OpenStudy (ranga):

Before multiplying do what pgpilot326 suggested. Cancel out the -3 in the top and bottom and then multiply.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I did.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[\frac{ q+5 }{ -3 }\cdot \frac{ -3q }{ q+2 }=\frac{ \cancel{-3}\cdot q\cdot(q+5) }{ \cancel{-3}\cdot(q+2) }=\frac{ q\cdot(q+5) }{(q+2) }=\frac{ q^2+5q }{ q+2 }\]

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