Start with the answer format we want, and work your way toward forming a single fraction like so

Compare that last expression to (2x+1)/(x+2). Notice how the ax and 2x match up, so a = 2 must be the case.
Then we have 2a+b as the remaining portion in the numerator. Plugging in a = 2 leads to 2a+b = 2*2+b = 4+b. Set this equal to the +1 found in (2x+1)/(x+2) to have the terms match.
So, 4+b = 1 leads to b = -3
Therefore, a = 2 and b = -3
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An alternative route:

I added and subtracted 4 in the third step so that I could form 2x+4, which then factors to 2(x+2). That way I could cancel out a pair of (x+2) terms toward the very end.
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Other alternative methods involve synthetic division or polynomial long division. They are slightly separate but related concepts.
The answer would be 242.8
It will not go up because in order to round up it must be 5 or above.
Answer:
3/4
Step-by-step explanation:
Answer:
To use the elimination method one coefficient of either x or y must be the same number with opposite signs, so the ordered pair is (-10, -8)
Step-by-step explanation:
2(-x+y=2) Make one of the coefficients equal, with opposite signs.
2x-3y=4 Combine equations.
-y=8 Solve, y=-8
Then find x, -x-8=2
-x=10, so x= -10
(-10, -8) is your answer.