The denominator of the first term is a difference of squares, such that
4<em>a</em> ² - <em>b</em> ² = (2<em>a</em>)² - <em>b</em> ² = (2<em>a</em> - <em>b</em>) (2<em>a</em> + <em>b</em>)
So you can write the fractions as
(4<em>a</em> ² + <em>b</em> ²)/((2<em>a</em> - <em>b</em>) (2<em>a</em> + <em>b</em>)) - (2<em>a</em> - <em>b</em>)/(2<em>a</em> + <em>b</em>)
Multiply through the second fraction by 2<em>a</em> - <em>b</em> to get a common denominator:
(4<em>a</em> ² + <em>b</em> ²)/((2<em>a</em> - <em>b</em>) (2<em>a</em> + <em>b</em>)) - (2<em>a</em> - <em>b</em>)²/((2<em>a</em> + <em>b</em>) (2<em>a</em> - <em>b</em>))
((4<em>a</em> ² + <em>b</em> ²) - (2<em>a</em> - <em>b</em>)²) / ((2<em>a</em> - <em>b</em>) (2<em>a</em> + <em>b</em>))
Expand the numerator:
(4<em>a</em> ² + <em>b</em> ²) - (2<em>a</em> - <em>b</em>)²
(4<em>a</em> ² + <em>b</em> ²) - (4<em>a</em> ² - 4<em>ab</em> + <em>b</em> ²)
4<em>ab</em>
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So the original expression reduces to
4<em>ab</em> / ((2<em>a</em> - <em>b</em>) (2<em>a</em> + <em>b</em>))
or
4<em>ab</em> / (4<em>a</em> ² - <em>b</em> ²)
upon condensing the denominator again.
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Answer: 8/25</h3>
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Explanation:
In a standard deck, there are 52 cards.
If this deck is missing the queen of hearts and 2 of clubs, then we really have 52-2 = 50 cards in the deck.
There are 4 aces and 13 spades. Those values add to 4+13 = 17, but we need to subtract off 1 to account for the ace of spades counted twice. We have 17-1 = 16 cards that are either an ace, a spade, or both.
Or you can think of it like saying 13 spades + 1 ace of hearts + 1 ace of diamonds + 1 ace of clubs = 16 cards total.
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The event space has A = 16 cards in it, while the sample space has B = 50 cards.
The probability we're after is A/B = 16/50 = 8/25
Answer:
Emiy would think that it is not the perfect tomato sauce because it has 12 cloves of garlic in every 900 mL of sauce and it should have 14.4 cloves of garlic in every 900 mL of sauce to be perfect.
Step-by-step explanation:
The statement indicates that for Emily the perfect tomato sauce have 8 cloves of garlic in every 500 mL. With that we can calculate the amount of cloves of garlic that a tomato sauce should have for Emily to consider it to be perfect using the rule of three:
8 cloves of garlic → 500 mL
x ← 900 mL
x= (8*500)/900= 14.4
According to this, the perfect tomato sauce would need to have 14.4 cloves of garlic in every 900 mL. As Raphael's tomato sauce only has 12, it means that Emily would think that it is not the perfect tomato sauce.
