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7-1 Application
Simplify the following rational expressions:

1.
2 3 3
2x y −x y
¿ =
2 x (3−2 x ) 2 x−3

2.

7 2 4 5 2
−15 a b c −5 a b c
¿ 2 2 3
= 3
3 a b c (9 a −bc ) 9 a −bc

3.
( x −9 ) (x−4) x −4
¿ =
( x−9 ) (x+ 9) x +9

4.
7 (2 x−5) 7
¿ =
( 2 x−5 )( x +4 ) (x+ 4)

5.
2
9x y 1
¿ =
9 x y xy
3 2

6.
2 2
8 p ( 3 p−1 ) ( 3 p+ 1 ) ( 9 p −1)
¿ = =1
8 p 2( 9 p 2−1) ( 9 p 2−1)

7.

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( a−11 ) ( a+11) a b2 a−11
¿ ∙ = 2 2
3 4
a b ( a+11 ) (a−2) a b (a−2)

8.
( x−13 ) ( x+ 2) ( x−12 ) (x−2) ( x−13)
¿ ∙ =
( x −12 ) ( x+12) 5 ( x−2 )( x+2) 5( x +12)

9.
2
5 x +6
¿
3x

10.
7−8 x
¿
x+1

11.
12 x−4( x−5) 8 x+ 20 4(2 x +5)
¿ 2
= 2 =
x −25 x −25 ( x−5 ) ( x+5)

12.

x 3x 5x 2 x ( x−1 ) −6 x ( x +1 )+ 5 ( x +1 ) ( x−1 ) 2 x 2−2 x−6 x 2−6 x+5 x 3−5 x


¿ − + = =
( x +1 ) ( x+1 ) ( x−1 ) ( x+1 ) 2 ( x +1 ) 2 ( x +1 ) ( x+1 )( x−1 ) 2 ( x +1 )( x +1 ) ( x−1 )
3 2 2
5 x −4 x −13 x x (5 x −4 x −13)
¿ =
2 ( x +1 ) (x 2−1) 2 ( x+ 1 ) ( x2 −1)

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