Intermediate Algebra: Connecting Concepts through Application

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 0-53449-636-9
ISBN 13: 978-0-53449-636-4

Chapter 7 - Rational Functions - Chapter Review Exercises - Page 607: 28

Answer

$-\frac{h - 4}{h + 2}$

Work Step by Step

To divide two expressions, we multiply the first one with the reciprocal of the second one: $\frac{h - 5}{h + 2} • \frac{h - 4}{5 - h}$ When multiplying two rational expressions, we combine the two expressions together into one by multiplying the numerators together and multiplying the denominators together: $\frac{(h - 5)(h - 4)}{(h + 2)(5 - h)}$ We can cancel out the common factors in the numerator and denominator. $h - 5$ and $5 - h$ are inverses of each other, so when we cancel them out, we get $-1$ as the result: $-\frac{h - 4}{h + 2}$
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