Fractions

Algebrator can easily solve problems such as the one you posted on Yahoo Answers.

You start by pressing the "New fraction" button. We then enter the numerator and we press the "down arrow" key to enter the denominator.

The expression is then ready to be simplified.

Your problem has been solved using Algebrator as shown below:

Clicking on the "Solve Step" button once shows the first step of the solution process.

Explanations can be obtained by clicking on the "Explain" button.

To see what expressions the explanations refer to, we will scroll to the left.

You can see the rest of the step-by-step solution process by clicking on the "Solve Step" button several times.

Our software also provides flash demos for this and other types of problems.

Explanation for this (or any other) step is just a click away.

Further simplification is not possible.