Unit
Rational Expressions and Functions
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MA, Stanford University
Teaching in the San Francisco Bay Area
Alissa is currently a teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area and Brightstorm users love her clear, concise explanations of tough concepts
When we want to simplify rational expressions, we factor top and bottom completely and look for common factors to cancel. Sometimes, the factors are so close- they're only off by a + or - sign, or perhaps the order of the terms. It could be that you're working with opposite binomials: factor negative one out of one of the binomial terms, and it could be that the terms will "cancel" from there.
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