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Which expression is equivalent to the following complex fraction?

Which expression is equivalent to the following complex fraction?-example-1

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(-2y + 5x) (3x - 2y)
= ---------------- / -----------------------
xy xy

(-2y + 5x) xy
= ---------------- * -------------------
xy (3x - 2y)

(-2y + 5x)
= ---------------
(3x - 2y)

answer is A. first one
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User Ant Kennedy
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ANSWER

The correct answer is option A.

Step-by-step explanation

We want to simplify the expression,


( ( - 2)/(x) + (5)/(y) )/( (3)/(y) - (2)/(x) )


We collect LCM to obtain,


( ( - 2y + 5x)/(xy) )/( (3x - 2y)/(xy) )


We change the middle bar in to normal division sign to obtain,



( - 2y + 5x)/(xy) / (3x - 2y)/(xy)


We now multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction to obtain,.

( - 2y + 5x)/(xy) * (xy)/(3x - 2y)


We cancel out common factors to obtain,


( - 2y + 5x)/(3x - 2y)



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