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Asked by Amber

Simplifying fractions. I can get from this:
4b^2-5b-6
__________
8b^2 + 6b


To this:
(4b+3)(b-2)
___________
2b(4b+3b)

Not sure from there.
15 years ago

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Answered by Doublen
Try the distrubutive property, or cancelling
15 years ago
Answered by Amber
i just don't know if i have to take that another step or not. my teacher said that if in the 2nd step we could not canel anything out that we did something wrong, i am unable to cancel anything out but i can't find another way to set up the problem.
15 years ago

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