Finite Mathematics for Business, Economics, Life Sciences and Social Sciences
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Chapter DPT, Problem 26E
In Problems 25-30, perform the indicated operation and write the answer as a simple fraction reduced to lowest terms. All variables represent positive real numbers.
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