Topic 1.3 – Reducing Fractions

Reducing Fractions covers the process to write a rational expression in reduced form, by cancelling common factors. The subtle difference between [latex]\dfrac{(x+3)(x-2)}{(x-2)}[/latex] and the reduced form [latex](x+3)[/latex] is not discussed as it would be in a calculus course, though this may be of interest to advanced students. This lesson relies on a knowledge of Factoring Polynomials.

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