Sue Xian's answer to Candice's Junior College 1 H2 Maths Singapore question.

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Sue Xian
Sue Xian's answer
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1st
When you see the power of x in the denominator is the same as the power of x in the numerator,the first thing you should do is to simplify it to proper fraction. Then using the hint they provided in the qn. Use partial fractions and further simplify b4 going on to the last part
J
J
4 years ago
Slight error in the final answer. The negative sign from '1 - ' applies to both fractions.
J
J
4 years ago
It should be 1 - 1/(2(x - 3)) - 7/(2(x + 3))

= 1 + (-½/(x - 3)) + (-7/2 / (x + 3) ), which is in the form the question specified
Candice
Candice
4 years ago
Thank you!