Deborah L.

asked • 03/26/14

What is 3x^2-1/x^2-3x-18-x+2/x-6

3x2-12/x2-3x-18-x+2/x-6

Steve S.

Deborah, you wrote (3x^2) - (1/x^2) - 3x - 18 - x + (2/x) - 6; is that what you meant?
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03/27/14

Parviz F.

Needs to place parenthesis, to indicate the meanings of statements, otherwise will be up to guess.  
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03/28/14

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Parviz F. answered • 03/26/14

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Place your Numerator and denominator in parenthesis .
 
    ( 3 X^2 -1) /( X^2 -3X-18)  - ( X -2) / (X -6) =
 
     ( 3X^2 -1 ) / ( X -6) ( X +3)  - ( X - 2) / ( X -6 ) =
 
     ( 3X^2 -1 ) / ( X -6 ) ( X +3 )  -  ( X- 2 ) ( X +3 ) / ( X -6 ) ( X +3 ) =
 
        ( 3X^2 - 1 - X^2 - X +6 ) / ( X -6) ( X +3)=
 
         ( 2X^2 - X + 5 ) / ( X^2 - 3x - 18)
 
 
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