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## Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 10th Maths Solutions Chapter 3 Algebra Ex 3.4

Question 1.
Reduce each of the following rational expression to its lowest form.
(i) $$\frac{x^{2}-1}{x^{2}+x}$$
$$\frac{x^{2}-1}{x^{2}+x}$$ = $$\frac{(x+1)(x-1)}{x(x+1)}$$ = $$\frac { x-1 }{ x }$$

(ii) $$\frac{x^{2}-11 x+18}{x^{2}-4 x+4}$$

x2 – 11x + 18 = (x – 9) (x – 2)
x2 – 4x + 4 = (x – 2) (x – 2)

(iii) $$\frac{9 x^{2}+81 x}{x^{3}+8 x^{2}-9 x}$$
9x2 + 81x = 9x(x + 9)
x3 + 8x2 – 9x = x(x2 + 8x – 9)
= x (x + 9) (x – 1)

(iv) $$\frac{p^{2}-3 p-40}{2 p^{3}-24 p^{2}+64 p}$$
p2 – 3p – 40 = (p – 8) (p + 5)
2p3 – 24p2 + 64p = 2p (p2 – 12p + 32)
= 2p (p – 8) (p – 4)

Question 2.
Find the excluded values , if any of the following expressions.

(i) $$\frac{y}{y^{2}-25}$$
The expression $$\frac{y}{y^{2}-25}$$ is undefined
when y2 – 25 = 0
y2 – 52 = 0
(y + 5) (y – 5) = 0
y + 5 = 0 or y – 5 = 0
∵ y = -5 or y = 5
The excluded values are -5 and 5

(ii) $$\frac{t}{t^{2}-5 t+6}$$
The expression $$\frac{t}{t^{2}-5 t+6}$$ is undefined
when t2 – 5t + 6 = 0
(t – 3) (t – 2) = 0

t – 3 = 0 or t – 2 = 0
t = 3 or t = 2
The excluded values are 2 and 3

(iii) $$\frac{x^{2}+6 x+8}{x^{2}+x-2}$$
x2 + 6x + 8 = (x + 4) (x + 2)
x2 + x – 2 = (x + 2) (x – 1)

The expression $$\frac { x+4 }{ x-1 }$$ is undefined
when x – 1 = 0
∵ x = 1
The excluded value is 1

(iv) $$\frac{x^{3}-27}{x^{3}+x^{2}-6 x}$$
x3 – 27 = x3 – 33
= (x – 3) (x2 + x + 3)
x3 + x2 – 6x = x(x2 + x – 6) = x (x + 3) (x – 2)

when x (x + 3) (x – 2) = 0
x = 0 or x + 3 = 0 or x – 2 = 0
x = 0 or x = -3 or x = 2
The excluded values are 0 , -3 and 2