Question

medal and please explain
What is the simplified form of

Answer 1

take the bottom fraction, flip it over and multiply it to the top

Answer 2

factor each term you are able to, then cancel out any common terms in the top and bottome

Answer 3

can you please show me how?

Answer 4

ok...

Answer 5

like how do i set it up

Answer 6

\[\frac{ (x^2+5x+6) }{ 15*x*y^2 }*\frac{ 5*x^2*y }{ 2x^2+7x + 3 }\]

Answer 7

Flip the bottom over and multiply instead

Answer 8

so i basically multiply 15 times x times y^2 with the numerator?

Answer 9

and the same with the other fraction?

Answer 10

all i did was take the bottom fraction, flip it over, and tagged it on as multiplication to the top fraction

Answer 11

now we need to simplify, you want to factor any of those polynomial terms you can

Answer 12

\[\frac{ (x+3)(x+2) }{ 15x*y^2 } \frac{ 5x^2 *y }{ (2x + 1)(x + 3 ) }\]

Answer 13

wait this is where i get kind of confused. so i multiply across or something?

Answer 14

or factor. how do i factor

Answer 15

Yes

\[\frac{ a }{ b }\frac{ c }{ d } = \frac{ a*c }{ c * d }\]

Answer 16

to combine to one fraction

Answer 17

i factored the top and bottom in the last step,

Answer 18

so the variable A would be 3? and B is 15?

Answer 19

\[\frac{ 5x^2y*(x+3)(x+2) }{ 15xy^2 * (x+3)(2x+1) }\]

Answer 20

no that was just to show you how to multiply fractions,

Answer 21

so there it is combined into one fraction

Answer 22

so now i just simplify it down?

Answer 23

right

Answer 24

what would you do first?

Answer 25

multiply 5 by 3?

Answer 26

no, for the numbers, you have

\[\frac{ 5 }{ 15 } = \frac{ 1 }{ 3 }\]

Answer 27

reduces to 1 in the top and a 3 in the bottom

Answer 28

ohhh

Answer 29

see the (x+3) is on both top and bottom, you can cross those out

Answer 30

x^2 / x goes to just x/1

y / y^2 goes to just 1/y

Answer 31

so all thogether it is.....

Answer 32

\[\frac{ x (x+2)}{ 3*y*(2x+1) }\]

Answer 33

That is all you can do to simplify

Answer 34

unless you want to multiply out the parenthesis, but i wouldnt

Answer 35

thank you so much for explaining and helping

Answer 36

no prob, write all the steps i did down, you will see it more clear prolly

Answer 37

any more questions, feel free to mssg me or whatever

Answer 38

alright. thanks!