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    This document provides examples of rational expressions and how to simplify them by reducing fractions to lowest terms and factorizing expressions. Some key steps shown include: 1) Reducing fractions such as 8a/16a^2 to 1/2a 2) Factorizing expressions such as a^2 + 5a + 6 = (a + 3)(a + 2) 3) Simplifying rational expressions such as a^2b - ab^2 = ab(a - b)/a(a - b) = ab/a The document contains multiple examples of these and other techniques for simplifying rational expressions.

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    This document provides examples of rational expressions and how to simplify them by reducing fractions to lowest terms and factorizing expressions. Some key steps shown include: 1) Reducing fractions such as 8a/16a^2 to 1/2a 2) Factorizing expressions such as a^2 + 5a + 6 = (a + 3)(a + 2) 3) Simplifying rational expressions such as a^2b - ab^2 = ab(a - b)/a(a - b) = ab/a The document contains multiple examples of these and other techniques for simplifying rational expressions.

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    MATH 8

    Simplifying rational expressions

    I. Reduce each fraction to lowest terms.

    1. 8a__ = 1 6. -36a2xyz3 =
    16a2 2a 84ayz

    2. 7x2y2 = 1y 7. 96x2yz4 =
    14x3y 2x 144y2z5

    3. 9b2y = 1b 8. 15a3 ( x- 9 )3 =
    27by 3 25a4 ( x -9)2

    4. 16mn3 2n 9. 9x2 -3x + 6 =


    -8m2n2 = -m 3x

    5. -20m2n2p = 5mn 10. 4a3b – 2a2b2 + 6ab3 =


    -4mnp -2ab

    II. Reduce each rational expression to lowest terms

    11. a2 + 5a + 6 = ( a+3) ( a+2) = a+2 = a+2


    2a2 + 6a 2a( a+3) 2a 2a

    12. b2 +6b + 8 = ( b+ 2) ( b+4) = b+2


    3b2 + 12b 3b ( b + 4) 3b

    13. a2b -ab2 = ab( a – b) = ab


    a2 – ab a(a - b) a

    14. 5 - 80x2 = 5 - ( 1- 16x2 ) = 5- ( 1+ 4x) ( 1-4x) = -(1+4x) ( 1-4x)


    10 5 (2) 2 2

    15. x2 - 9 =
    x2 –x – 6

    16. y2 + 3y + 2 =
    y2 -1

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