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I am having trouble with a question, It is find the illegal values of c in the multiplication statement

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c^2-3c-10    c^2-c-2
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c^2+5c-14    c^2-2c-15
asked Mar 13, 2014 in PRE-ALGEBRA by johnkelly Apprentice

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The multiplication statement is 

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Now i factorise the each numarator and denominator.

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Substitute the above values in the multiplication statement.
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The illegal values is the values that make the two denominator's equal to zero.

Solve both denominators are (c+7)(c-2) and (c-5)(c+3).

First denominator is (c+7)(c-2) = 0

Aplly zero product property.

c+7 = 0 and c-2 = 0

c = -7 and c = 2.

Second denominator is (c-5)(c+3).

(c-5)(c+3) = 0

c-5 = 0 and c + 3 = 0.

c = 5 and c = -3

So the illegal values are 2 , -7 , 5 , -3.

answered Mar 22, 2014 by ashokavf Scholar

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