Mathematics A-Level
Simplifying rational expressions
What Simplifying rational expressions means in Mathematics A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Simplifying rational expressions
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Factorising numerator and denominator completely, then cancelling common factors, remembering that the cancelled factor must not be zero.
Topics that use Simplifying rational expressions
- Algebra and functions (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Algebraic division by linear expressions
- Amplitude
- Asymptote
- Comparing coefficients
- Completing the square
- Composite function
- Conjugate
- Discriminant
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