College Algebra (11th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321671791
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Chapter R - Section R.5 - Rational Expressions - R.5 Exercises - Page 48: 78

Answer

$- \dfrac{2(2x+h)}{((x+h)^2+16)(x^2+16)} \text{ or } \dfrac{-4x-2h}{((x+h)^2+16)(x^2+16)}$.

Work Step by Step

$\begin{array}{ l l } \begin{array}{l} =\dfrac{\dfrac{2\left( x^{2} +16\right)}{\left(( x+h)^{2} +16\right)\left( x^{2} +16\right)} -\dfrac{2\left(( x+h)^{2} +16\right)}{\left(( x+h)^{2} +16\right)( x^{2} +16}}{h}\\ \\ =\dfrac{\dfrac{2\left( x^{2} +16\right) -2\left(( x+h)^{2} +16\right)}{\left(( x+h)^{2} +16\right)\left( x^{2} +16\right)}}{h}\\ \end{array} & \begin{array}{l} \mathrm{Apply\ the\ rule}\\ \dfrac{a}{b} -\dfrac{c}{d} =\dfrac{ad-bc}{bd} \end{array}\\ & \\ \begin{array}{l} =\dfrac{\dfrac{2x^{2} +32-2\left( x^{2} +2xh+h^{2} +16\right)}{\left(( x+h)^{2} +16\right)\left( x^{2} +16\right)}}{h}\\ \\ =\dfrac{\dfrac{2x^{2} +32-2x^{2} -4xh-2h^{2} -32}{\left(( x+h)^{2} +16\right)\left( x^{2} +16\right)}}{h} \end{array} & \begin{array}{l} \mathrm{Expand\ the\ expressions}\\ \mathrm{in\ the\ numerator\ by\ }\\ \mathrm{applying\ the\ distributive}\\ \mathrm{property} \end{array}\\ & \\ =\dfrac{\dfrac{2x^{2} -2x^{2} +32-32-4xh-2h^{2}}{\left(( x+h)^{2} +16\right)\left( x^{2} +16\right)}}{h} & \mathrm{Group\ like\ terms\ together}\\ & \\ =\dfrac{\dfrac{-4xh-2h^{2}}{\left(( x+h)^{2} +16\right)\left( x^{2} +16\right)}}{h} & \mathrm{Simplify}\\ & \\ =\dfrac{\dfrac{-2h( 2x+h)}{\left(( x+h)^{2} +16\right)\left( x^{2} +16\right)}}{h} & \begin{array}{l} \mathrm{Factor\ } -4xh-2h^{2} .\ \mathrm{The}\\ \mathrm{GCF\ is} \ -2h \end{array}\\ & \\ =\dfrac{-h}{h} \cdot \dfrac{2( 2x+h)}{\left(( x+h)^{2} +16\right)\left( x^{2} +16\right)} & \mathrm{Factor\ out\ } -\dfrac{h}{h}\\ & \\ =-\dfrac{2( 2x+h)}{\left(( x+h)^{2} +16\right)\left( x^{2} +16\right)} & \mathrm{Simplify} \end{array}$
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