Understanding Fraction Splitting: Uncovering Rules and Techniques

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Start date Sep 22, 2009
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Fraction Splitting

Sep 22, 2009

authgeek

I'm looking at this particular splitting of a fraction in a book and I'm not completely sure what rule is being invoked. Here it is:

http://www.apthtml.com/images/split.png

Can anyone identify what this is?

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Sep 22, 2009

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It's partial fraction expansion.

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