4.2 Solving Rational Equations 1/30/2013
Vocabulary Rational Equation: Equation that shows two rational expressions or fractions are equal. Example: Cross Multiply:
Example 1
Example 2
Example 3 If x = 2, what happens to the denominator? Yes, it becomes 0 and you cannot divide by 0. So there is NO SOLUTION! Or if you just look at the problem you can easily see that for the 2 fractions to be equal x must be 2! 2 is called an Extraneous solution because it leads to a division by 0 in the original equation. Always check for extraneous solutions!
Example 4
Example 5 2(-2) =
Example 6 5(-6) =
Homework: WS 4.2 even problems
Homework: WS 4.2 Even problems