DAY 8 ­ Complex Fractions NOTES.notebook
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DO NOW: Perform the indicated operation and express the result in simplest terms:
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COMPARE/CONTRAST THE FOLLOWING EXPRESSIONS
What do you see? What are you thinking? Write down anything you can!
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**What operation(s) go with each of the steps below?
(add, subtract, multiply, divide)
• STEPS TO SIMPLIFY COMPLEX FRACTIONS (DIVISION)
1. Find the LCD of the numerator and express as a single fracon
2. Find the LCD of the denominator and express as a single fracon
3. When you have single fracons in the top and boom, t
ake the reciprocal of the denominator and mulply
4. Factor (if possible)
5. Reduce common factors (if possible) 4
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Example 3:
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