Difference between revisions of "1960 AHSME Problems/Problem 9"
Rockmanex3 (talk | contribs) (Solution to Problem 9) |
Rockmanex3 (talk | contribs) m (→See Also) |
||
Line 25: | Line 25: | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
− | {{AHSME box|year=1960|num-b=8|num-a=10}} | + | {{AHSME 40p box|year=1960|num-b=8|num-a=10}} |
Revision as of 19:13, 10 May 2018
Problem
The fraction is (with suitable restrictions of the values of a, b, and c):
Solution
Use the commutative property to get
Factor perfect square trinomials to get
Factor difference of squares to get
Cancel out like terms (with suitable restrictions of a, b, c) to get
The answer is
.
See Also
1960 AHSC (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
Preceded by Problem 8 |
Followed by Problem 10 | |
1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 | ||
All AHSME Problems and Solutions |