Directions: Divide the following rational algebraic expressions and answer the questions the
follow
a-b
b
2x2+4x+2 2
A.
B.
a+b a
x+1
х
Questions:
1. From the expressions, which is the divisor? What did you do to it to get the quotier
2. What factoring techniques did you use to find the GCMF? What did you do to the
GCMFs?
3. How did you simplify the quotient?
X +3
C.
*2 +6x+9
x2+3x-2
Questions:
1. From the expression, which is the divisor? What did you do to the divisor to find a
quotient?
2. What factoring techniques did you use to find the GCMF? What did you do to the
GCMFs?
3. How did you simplify the resulting expression?
