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    Simplifying a rational expression

    The instructions just say to simplify. The problem is: 4 / 2a-2 + 3a / a-a^2 Factoring the denominators, I get: 2(a-1) and a(1-a) so the problem becomes: 4a-4a^2 + 6a^2 -6a _________ + __________ (a-1)(1-a)(2+a) Adding the numerators, I get 2a^2 - 2a, which I...
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    Factoring a polynomial

    I'm trying to brush up on the maths I took 11 years ago so that I can test into trig. when I go back to college in Fall, but am really rusty. I'm working on factoring polynomials presently, but am baffled by this problem because I haven't been able to find an example like it online to try to...
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