What would you do to start to solve the rational equation? by Jessica Collier

Kelly

kelly_portillo — 2015-10-22 17:50:01 UTC

factor any polynomials

Ashleigh Jubinski

ashleigh_jubinski — 2015-10-22 17:52:09 UTC

factor and find the common denominator.

Brett

brett_johnston — 2015-10-22 17:52:18 UTC

find common denominator on right side of equal sign and simplify

adam

adam_pearson1 — 2015-10-22 17:52:35 UTC

Factor.

2

robert_burkhardt — 2015-10-22 17:55:07 UTC

Summer

summer_dorr — 2015-10-22 17:56:01 UTC

Simplify by factoring

Jimmy

james_rich — 2015-10-22 17:58:26 UTC

Factor and find common denominator. 2nd- multiply on each sides

Joe

joseph_fraddosio — 2015-10-22 17:58:38 UTC

Factor and find common denominator

mikey

michael_monroe — 2015-10-22 17:59:03 UTC

cross mutiply

merry

marie_higginbotham — 2015-10-22 17:59:23 UTC

simplify through factoring and find the common denominator

What is the second step? "2"

jessica_collie1 — 2015-10-22 17:59:50 UTC

2

adam_pearson1 — 2015-10-22 18:00:02 UTC

multiply to get common denominator.

2nd ste

joseph_fraddosio — 2015-10-22 18:00:03 UTC

Multiply each side by the greates common factor

kelly 2

kelly_portillo — 2015-10-22 18:00:12 UTC

multiply each side by the missing parts

2

summer_dorr — 2015-10-22 18:00:20 UTC

multiply to get common denominator

2

ashleigh_jubinski — 2015-10-22 18:00:22 UTC

multiply to get the same denominators.

Brett 2nd

brett_johnston — 2015-10-22 18:00:24 UTC

multiply the GCFs

2

michael_monroe — 2015-10-22 18:01:39 UTC

multiply byy missing part

Once you have the common denominator

jessica_collie1 — 2015-10-22 18:03:10 UTC

Solve the equation of numerators. DENOMINATOR does NOT matter

2

marie_higginbotham — 2015-10-22 18:03:27 UTC

multiply what is missing on each side to get common denominator