7.3 Partial Fractions

I was not in class much of the week so perhaps I missed out on some details... However, here are the steps to solving fractions that I have gathered from friends.

 

1) Factor Denominator

2) Place A over factor and B over factor

3) set the equation = A+B to the original equation 

4) Multiply everything by the GCF 

5) Cancel out what needs to be canceled out 

6) Distribute the A and B 

7) Group like terms together and factor out common variable 

8) Set equal to other side 

9) Use substitution or elimination to solve for x and y 

10) Plug back into original equation