How do you divide (3x^2)/(6x - 3)?

1 Answer
Nov 22, 2015

x^2/(2x-1)

Explanation:

You can factor in the denominator.

6 and 3 both share the common factor of 3, so we can extract 3 from both 6 and 3.

3((6x)/3-3/3) rArr3(2x-1)

Original equation: (3x^2)/(6x-3)

New equation: (3(x^2))/(3(2x-1))

The two 3's cancel out

(cancel(3)(x^2))/(cancel(3)(2x-1))

Final equation: x^2/(2x-1)