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{"name": "Partial Fractions 1", "extensions": [], "custom_part_types": [], "resources": [], "navigation": {"allowregen": true, "showfrontpage": false, "preventleave": false, "typeendtoleave": false}, "question_groups": [{"pickingStrategy": "all-ordered", "questions": [{"functions": {}, "ungrouped_variables": ["a", "c", "b", "d", "nb", "a1", "a2", "s1", "a_", "c_", "b_", "d_", "nb_", "a1_", "a2_", "s1_"], "name": "Partial Fractions 1", "tags": ["algebra", "algebraic fractions", "algebraic manipulation", "combining algebraic fractions", "common denominator"], "preamble": {"css": "", "js": ""}, "advice": "<p>a)</p>\n<p>We use partial fractions to find $A$ and $B$ such that:&nbsp;<br/>\\[ \\simplify[std]{({a*a2+c*a1}*x+{c*b+a*d})/(({a1}x +{b})*({a2}x+{d}))} \\;\\;\\;=\\simplify[std]{ A/({a1}x+{b})+B/({a2}x+{d})}\\]</p>\n<p>Dividing&nbsp;both sides of the equation by $\\displaystyle \\simplify[std]{1/( ({a1}x+{b})({a2}x+{d})&nbsp;)}\\;\\;$ we obtain:</p>\n<p>$\\simplify[std]{A*({a2}x+{d})+B*({a1}x+{b}) = {a*a2+c*a1}*x+{a*d+c*b}} \\Rightarrow \\simplify[std]{({a2}A+{a1}B)*x+{d}*A+{b}*B={a*a2+c*a1}*x+{a*d+c*b}}$</p>\n<p><strong>Identifying coefficients:</strong></p>\n<p>Constant term: $\\simplify[std]{ {d}*A+{b}*B={a*d+c*b}&nbsp;}$</p>\n<p>Coefficent $x$: $ \\simplify[std]{ {a2}A+{a1}B&nbsp;= {a*a2+c*a1}&nbsp;}$&nbsp;</p>\n<p>On solving these equations we obtain $A = \\var{a}$ and $B=\\var{c}$</p>\n<p>Which gives:\\[ \\simplify[std]{({a*a2+c*a1}*x+{c*b+a*d})/(({a1}x +{b})*({a2}x+{d}))}\\;\\;= \\simplify[std]{{a}/({a1}x+{b})+{c}/({a2}x+{d})}\\]</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>b)</p>\n<p>We use partial fractions to find $A$ and $B$ such that:&nbsp;<br/>\\[ \\simplify[std]{({a_*a2_+c_*a1_}*x+{c_*b_+a_*d_})/(({a1_}x +{b_})*({a2_}x+{d_}))} \\;\\;\\;=\\simplify[std]{ A/({a1_}x+{b_})+B/({a2_}x+{d_})}\\]</p>\n<p>Dividing&nbsp;both sides of the equation by $\\displaystyle \\simplify[std]{1/( ({a1_}x+{b_})({a2_}x+{d_})&nbsp;)}\\;\\;$ we obtain:</p>\n<p>$\\simplify[std]{A*({a2_}x+{d_})+B*({a1_}x+{b_}) = {a_*a2_+c_*a1_}*x+{a_*d_+c_*b_}} \\Rightarrow \\simplify[std]{({a2_}A+{a1_}B)*x+{d_}*A+{b_}*B={a_*a2_+c_*a1_}*x+{a_*d_+c_*b_}}$</p>\n<p><strong>Identifying coefficients:</strong></p>\n<p>Constant term: $\\simplify[std]{ {d_}*A+{b_}*B={a_*d_+c_*b_}&nbsp;}$</p>\n<p>Coefficent $x$: $ \\simplify[std]{ {a2_}A+{a1_}B&nbsp;= {a_*a2_+c_*a1_}&nbsp;}$&nbsp;</p>\n<p>On solving these equations we obtain $A = \\var{a_}$ and $B=\\var{c_}$</p>\n<p>Which gives:\\[ \\simplify[std]{({a_*a2_+c_*a1_}*x+{c_*b_+a_*d_})/(({a1_}x +{b_})*({a2_}x+{d_}))}\\;\\;= \\simplify[std]{{a_}/({a1_}x+{b_})+{c_}/({a2_}x+{d_})}\\]</p>", "rulesets": {"std": ["all", "!collectNumbers", "fractionNumbers", "!noLeadingMinus"]}, "parts": [{"prompt": "<p>Split \\[\\simplify{({a*a2 + &nbsp;c*a1} * x + {a * d + &nbsp;c * b})/ (({a1}*x + {b}) * ({a2}*x + {d}))}\\] into partial fractions.</p>\n<p>Input the partial fractions here: 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"if(c<0,-1,1)", "templateType": "anything", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "name": "s1", "description": ""}}, "metadata": {"notes": "\n        \t\t                    \t\t<p><strong>5/08/2012:</strong></p>\n        \t\t                    \t\t                                        <p>Added tags.</p>\n        \t\t                    \t\t                                        <p>Added description.</p>\n        \t\t                    \t\t                                        <p>Changed to two questions, for the numerator and denomimator, rather than one as difficult to trap student input for this example. Still some ambiguity however.</p>\n        \t\t                    \t\t                                        <p><strong>12/08/2012:</strong></p>\n        \t\t                    \t\t                                        <p>Back to one input of a fraction and trapped input in Forbidden Strings.</p>\n        \t\t                    \t\t                                        <p>Used the except feature of ranges to get non-degenerate examples.</p>\n        \t\t                    \t\t                                        <p>Checked calculation.OK.</p>\n        \t\t                    \t\t                                        <p>Improved display in content areas.</p>\n        \t\t                    \n        \t\t", "description": "<p>Split $\\displaystyle \\frac{ax+b}{(cx + d)(px+q)}$ into partial fractions.</p>", "licence": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International"}, "type": "question", "showQuestionGroupNames": false, "question_groups": [{"name": "", "pickingStrategy": "all-ordered", "pickQuestions": 0, "questions": []}], "contributors": [{"name": "joshua boddy", "profile_url": "https://numbas.mathcentre.ac.uk/accounts/profile/557/"}]}]}], "contributors": [{"name": "joshua boddy", "profile_url": "https://numbas.mathcentre.ac.uk/accounts/profile/557/"}]}