Explanation: I used factor by grouping. You multiply the first term (2) by the last term (6). This gives you 12 then take the factors of 12 that add up to the middle term 8. You get 6 and 2. It should look like 2x^2+6x+2x+6=0 when you do factor by grouping you factor the first two terms and then the last two terms separately. So you get (2x+2) and (x+3). (2x+2) could be factored into 2(x+1). Then you put everything together and get 2(x+3)(x+1)=0
The denominator of a fraction is 1 more than 3 times the numerator. If the denominator is doubled and the numerator is increased by 2, the value of the resulting fraction is 1/4. Find the original fraction.
