Multiplying rational expressions

The video tutorial explains how to handle rational expressions, focusing on common mistakes students make, such as incorrectly canceling terms across addition and subtraction. It emphasizes the importance of factoring trinomials to simplify expressions and demonstrates the correct method to multiply rational expressions by factoring and canceling terms across multiplication. The tutorial concludes with a final solution, illustrating the process of multiplying rational expressions.

Explain why you cannot cancel terms across addition and subtraction.

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What is the process of rewriting an expression as a product called?

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What two numbers multiply to give -10 and add to give -5?

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How do you determine the factors of the denominator in the expression?

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What is the final solution after multiplying the rational expressions?

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