Precalculus: Concepts Through Functions, A Unit Circle Approach to Trigonometry (3rd Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32193-104-1
ISBN 13: 978-0-32193-104-7

Appendix A - Review - A.6 Rational Expressions - A.6 Assess Your Understanding - Page A53: 32

Answer

$\dfrac{(x+1)(x+2)}{(x-1)(x-2)} $

Work Step by Step

We apply Method 1 (A51), to treat the numerator and denominator of the complex rational expression separately. So by factoring both the denominator and numerator of each rational function and cancelling the common factors, we have $$ \frac{\frac{x^2+7x+6}{x^2+x-6}}{\frac{x^2+5x-6}{x^2+5x+6}}=\frac{\frac{(x+1)(x+6)}{(x+3)(x-2)}}{\frac{(x-1)(x+6)}{(x+3)(x+2)}}=\frac{(x+1)(x+6)}{(x+3)(x-2)}\frac{(x+3)(x+2)}{(x-1)(x+6)}\\ =\frac{(x+1)(x+2)}{(x-1)(x-2)} .$$
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