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MATH 111 YB Week 9 Notes

Week 9 Learning Objectives: The pre-apprentice will be able to:


 Determine the values for which a rational expression is undefined
 Simplify rational expressions
 Multiply rational expressions
 Divide rational expressions
 Multiply and divide rational functions
 Add and subtract rational expressions with a common denominator
 Add and subtract rational expressions whose denominators are opposites
 Find the least common denominator of rational expressions
 Add and subtract rational expressions with unlike denominators
 Add and subtract rational functions

Rational Expressions- Reduce/Simplify


A rational expression is a ratio of two polynomials.
To determine where a rational expression will be undefined, set the denominator equal to zero
and solve by factoring. These solutions must be excluded from the domain because they create
division by zero which is undefined.
To Simplify a rational expression:
 Factor the numerator and denominator
 Divide out common factors

Use the given rational expression to identify the following:


a. When the rational expression is undefined
b. Any restricted values

1 w
1. 2 2. 2
2 x +17 x+ 35 w +14 w+ 48

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Simplify each rational expression.


3 4 2
15 z y x −7 x+10
3. 3 3 4. 2
18 y z x −25

3 2
x +7 x +12 x
5. 2
x +3 x

Multiplying and Dividing Rational Expressions


To multiply rational expressions
 factor all numerators and denominators
 divide out common factors
 write the answer as a product of factors – do not expand
To divide rational expressions
 Rewrite as a multiplication problem: Keep Change Flip (KCF)
 Follow the steps to multiply rational expressions
Perform the indicated operations. Simplify.
12 6 4 2 2
3w z 2z x −1 x +2 x −8
1. ⋅ 2. ⋅ 2
x +3 x−4 x −2 x −3
4 2 3 2
7w 3w z

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2 2
3 x +2 x−8 x −1
3. 2
÷ 2
3 x +11 x +10 3 x −7 x + 4

2 2 2
x +3 x−4 3 x −11 x +10 x −3 x+2
4. 2
⋅ 2 ÷ 2
9 x −25 5 x +16 x −16 25 x −40 x+16

Finding the LCM/LCD


Least Common Multiple (LCM) and Least Common Denominator (LCD)
Steps to find the LCM/LCD:
 Factor each denominator.
 The LCD consists of the shared factors and the unique factors.
Determine the LCM of the given polynomials: Leave your answers in factored form.
4 3
2 x +2x
1. x + x−6 2. 2
x −4
7 x+ 21 3 2
x +4 x +4 x

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6 7
12 x y
3. 2 8
7x y

Rational Expressions – Add & Subtract


To add or subtract rational expressions:
You handle the same process as adding or subtracting fractions.
 Find the LCD.
 Build up all fractions to have the LCD.
 Keep the denominator. Add the numerators.
 Simplify the result, if possible.
Perform the indicated operations. Simplify.
Same Denominators:
2 2
y −12 y 32 x +12 x −12 x+ 25
1. + 2. −
y −4 y−4 x−1 x−1

Opposite Denominators:
2 2
10 x +16 x−7 2 x +3 x−1
3. +
8 x−3 3−8 x

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Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions with Different Denominators

6 x +65 1 1
4. + 2 5. −
x+5 x −25 x+ 4 x +7

2x 13 x+14 x+1 −3 x+ 9
6. + 2 7. −
2 x +7 2 x +5 x−7 x+5 x 2 +4 x−5

−13 p−8 p+ 2
8. −
p + 2 p−24 4− p
2

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Assignment: CW09YB

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