x y ÷ a b x y × b a \frac{x}{y} \div \frac{a}{b} \implies \frac{x}{y} \times \frac{b}{a}

Algebra Level 1

Solve:

x 2 + 2 x 3 x 2 + x 2 ÷ x 2 + x 6 x 2 4 \large \frac{x^2 + 2x -3}{x^2+x-2} \div \frac{x^2 + x - 6}{x^2-4}


The answer is 1.

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2 solutions

Stephen Mellor
Oct 20, 2017

x 2 + 2 x 3 x 2 + x 2 ÷ x 2 + x 6 x 2 4 \large \frac{x^2 + 2x -3}{x^2+x-2} \div \frac{x^2 + x - 6}{x^2-4}

Factorising all expressions we get:

( x + 3 ) ( x 1 ) ( x + 2 ) ( x 1 ) ÷ ( x + 3 ) ( x 2 ) ( x + 2 ) ( x 2 ) \large \frac{(x+3)(x-1)}{(x+2)(x-1)} \div \frac{(x+3)(x-2)}{(x+2)(x-2)}

Cancelling the like factors:

x + 3 x + 2 ÷ x + 3 x + 2 \large \frac{x+3}{x+2} \div \frac{x+3}{x+2}

Flipping the sign and right fractions:

x + 3 x + 2 x + 2 x + 3 \large \frac{x+3}{x+2} \cdot \frac{x+2}{x+3}

Cancelling like factors gives us 1 \boxed{1} which is the answer.

Good solution. Thanks :)

Munem Shahriar - 3 years, 7 months ago
Bloons Qoth
Dec 26, 2017

Well... x x wasn't given, so I guessed that all the terms would cancel. Since the answer machine only accept numbers, it wouldn't be answers like infinity or undefined. It wouldn't be 0, because it's multiplication, so the answer is 1 \boxed{1} .

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