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How Do You Find the Least Common Denominator of Two Rational Expressions?
Adding fractions that are in rational expression form? Do they have a common denominator? No? Well, then the least common denominator needs to be found. How is the least common denominator of rational expression found? Watch this video...
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How Do You Add Two Rational Expressions with Different Denominators?
Teach your class how to add two algebraic fractions with different denominators. The instructor in the video describes how to find the common denominator and demonstrates how to simplify the expression. A straightforward video, this...
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How Do You Subtract Two Rational Expressions with the Same Denominator?
Rational expressions that are in the form of fractions. Yuk! The teacher demonstrates how to subtract one rational expression from the other when the expressions have a common denominator. Combine like terms and write it in simplest form.
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How Do You Add Two Rational Expressions with the Same Denominator?
You have two algebraic fractions to add together so what do you do now? You say yippee because they have a common denominator. This means that all you have to do is combine the like terms in the numerators. This would be a good segment...
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How Do You Add Two Rational Expressions with Different Denominators?
Teach your class how to add two algebraic fractions with different denominators. The instructor in the video describes how to find the common denominator and demonstrates how to simplify the expression. A straightforward video, this...
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How Do You Solve a Rational Equation by LCD Multiplication?
Use the least common denominator to solve rational equations with variables in the denominators of algebraic fractions. Learners can watch this video to find out how to do just this! An instructor solves 2 problems by finding the least...
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How Do You Solve a Rational Equation by Adding Fractions?
A comprehensive video, this resource explains how to solve an equation when you have a variable in the denominator. The lecturer works through 2 different problems that represent 2 situations. From this video, pupils can gain knowledge...
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How Do You Find Excluded Values?
Teach excluded values with this video. Using a real example, a lecturer breaks down how to find the excluded values of a rational expression. She defines what an excluded value is and completes the problem, explaining each step along the...
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How Do You Subtract Two Rational Expressions with the Same Denominator?
Rational expressions that are in the form of fractions. Yuk! The teacher demonstrates how to subtract one rational expression from the other when the expressions have a common denominator. Combine like terms and write it in simplest form.
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How Do You Multiply a Rational Expression by a Polynomial?
Multiply a rational expression and a polynomial. No problem, you can do it. Turn your polynomial into a fraction and multiply. You might need to factor your polynomials first to see if you can cancel out some terms, thereby reducing it...
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How Do You Simplify a Mixed Expression Over a Mixed Expression?
You will need to pay close attention while watching this video. There are many steps and many operations to do to simplify this algebraic fraction. And if it seems hard the first time you watch it and you miss something, then watch it...
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What's a Mixed Expression?
The instructor defines the meaning of a mixed expression and writes an example. She identifies each part, the monomial, and the algebraic expression.
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How Do You Simplify a Polynomial Over a Polynomial Using Opposite Binomial Factors?
The teacher explains the many steps in simplifying a rational expression using opposite binomial factors. At first it seems complicated but if you follow along and watch out for your negative numbers you can learn how to simplify this...
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How Do You Divide Two Polynomials by Factoring and Canceling?
The rational expression in this example is of a trinomial divided by a trinomial. Learn how to simplify this rational expression. The instructor demonstrates how to factor each trinomial and cancel the like terms to get it in simplest form.
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Solving Algebraic Fractions
Equations with algebraic fractions still require the LCD. Pupils learn to solve equations with algebraic fractions. Multiplying through by a common denominator gives a simpler equation that they can solve.
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Algebraic Fractions
Simplify and solidify your understanding of algebraic fractions. A short video reviews how to simplify algebraic fractions by first factoring the numerator and denominator. It then goes on to show how to combine algebraic fractions...
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How Do You Simplify an Algebraic Fraction by Canceling Common Factors?
Use prime factorization to simplify this algebraic fraction. When the factorization is done then cancel out all values in which a value from the numerator and a value from the denominator equal 1. And what is left over is then the...
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What's an Algebraic Fraction?
In an algebraic fraction, both the numerator and denominator are algebraic expressions. So if it's an algebraic expression divided by an algebraic expression then it's an algebraic fraction. If this sounds confusing, listen to the...
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How Do You Solve a Rational Equation With No Solution?
You've got some algebraic fractions in an equation and their denominators are all different. Well, first you need to strategize. Then find the excluded values that make your denominator equal zero because we know the denominator cannot...
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How Do You Divide Monomials Using the Greatest Common Factor?
Factor out the greatest common factor to simplify a rational expression. When the greatest common factor is divided out of the numerator and the denominator what is left is the rational expression in simplest form. Watch as the teacher...
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What's a Complex Expression with Rational Expressions?
The teacher defines a complex fraction. She writes an example on the whiteboard. She says that any fraction that additionally has another fraction in either the numerator, or the denominator, or both, is a complex fraction.
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How Do You Solve a Rational Equation With an Extraneous Solution?
You've got some algebraic fractions in an equation and their denominators are all different. Well, first you need to strategize. Then find the excluded values that make your denominator equal zero because we know the denominator cannot...
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How Do You Solve a Rational Equation With Binomials in the Denominator?
You've got some algebraic fractions in an equation and their denominators are all different. Well, first you need to strategize. Then find the excluded values that make your denominator equal zero because we know the denominator cannot...
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How Do You Multiply Two Rational Expressions?
Before doing any kind of multiplication, first see if the terms can be reduced. Otherwise the values after multiplying can be very large and would need to be reduced anyway to simplest terms. So check out how to factor the given rational...