Simplifying a Multi-Variate FractionI am an eighth grader in need of a little assistence. I was given a multi-variate fraction, and was told to simplfy it to lowest terms. On of my fellow classmates that is ahead of me in math, tried to explain it to me, but he didn't make sense. We ended up with an answer (shown below), but I wasn't sure how we got it. I want to know this because I feel that it might be important when I embark on Geometry next week. Any ideas?This is the problem:Write as a single fraction.−3b−5y2b+3b+6y8b+2Simplify your answer as much as possibleAnd this is what we got...7b+26y8b

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Simplifying a Multi-Variate FractionI am an eighth grader in need of a little assistence. I was given a multi-variate fraction, and was told to simplfy it to lowest terms. On of my fellow classmates that is ahead of me in math, tried to explain it to me, but he didn&#039;t make sense. We ended up with an answer (shown below), but I wasn&#039;t sure how we got it. I want to know this because I feel that it might be important when I embark on Geometry next week. Any ideas?This is the problem:Write as a single fraction.−3b−5y2b+3b+6y8b+2Simplify your answer as much as possibleAnd this is what we got...7b+26y8b

Makayla Santiago · Accepted Answer

it&#039;s just like adding fractions; find a common denominator and add. here 8b is a common denominator. we get−443b−5y2b+3b+6y8b+8b8b21=−4(3b−5y)+(3b+6y)+8b(2)8b=−12b+20y+3b+6y+16b8b=7b+26y8b

Simplifying a Multi-Variate Fraction I am an eighth grader in need of a little assistence. I was

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