Anyone know the answer to this Algebra problem?

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Anyone know the answer to this Algebra problem?

x/(x+y)/x

~This reads x divided by the fraction (x+y)/x

2007-12-17 14:52:02 · 2 answers · asked by Travis A 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics

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Whenever you divide something by a fraction, take the reciprocal of the fraction and multiply the two terms together

= x * [(x) / (x + y)]
= x^2 / (x + y)

2007-12-17 14:58:01 · answer #1 · answered by Jacob A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

x / (x+y)/x
invert and multiply the 2nd fraction

x * x
------= x^2/x+y
x+y

2007-12-17 15:10:27 · answer #2 · answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋