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a²-11a+30 ÷ a-5

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Since you didn't tell me that I had to use long division and since a² - 11a + 30 can be factored, I'm going to factor it: (a - 6)(a - 5).

Now, the problem is: (a - 6)(a - 5) / (a - 5) which reduces to a - 6.

geno3141 Oct 10, 2014

geno3141 · Answer 1 · 2014-10-10T05:31:12

Since you didn't tell me that I had to use long division and since a² - 11a + 30 can be factored, I'm going to factor it: (a - 6)(a - 5).

Now, the problem is: (a - 6)(a - 5) / (a - 5) which reduces to a - 6.