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Title: questions!
Post by: mangmang712 on March 14, 2009, 05:45:26 pm: im really stuck on this question:

Express $(2x+1)/(5x+3)$ in the form of $(a)/(x+b)+c$

thanks in advance!
Title: Re: questions!
Post by: Flaming_Arrow on March 14, 2009, 05:47:15 pm: hint: use long division
Title: Re: questions!
Post by: mangmang712 on March 14, 2009, 05:50:33 pm: i tried that and i got 2/5 remainder -1/5
is that right? ... i dont know where to from here :idiot2:
Title: Re: questions!
Post by: Flaming_Arrow on March 14, 2009, 06:17:59 pm: $\implies \frac{2}{5}-\frac{1}{5(5x+3)}$
Title: Re: questions!
Post by: mangmang712 on March 14, 2009, 06:23:29 pm: thanks for that :)