6/x+2 was the answer i got from a long factoring problem, my question is that if its complete? can you divide the 6 and 2 to make it 3/x? thx for any hellp
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6/x+2 was the answer i got from a long factoring problem, my question is that if its complete? can you divide the 6 and 2 to make it 3/x? thx for any hellp
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Originally Posted by math69
you had your answer as 6/(x+2).
suppose you want to KNOW whether 6/(x+2) is same as 3/x.
assume it is an identity!
put x=4 or any random value.
you get 6/(x+2)=1 and 3/x=3/4. they clearly are not equal.
Do you mean 6 / (x + 2)? Are you asking if it can be simplified any further? (The word "complete" has numerous technical meanings in mathematics, so it should not be used when one of those meanings is not implied.) To divide both the numerator and the denominator by 2, you also have to divide x since (x + 2) / 2 = x/2 + 1. So 6 / (x + 2) can be simplified to 3 / (x/2 + 1), but not to 3 / (x + 1).