Partial Fractions

Further Mathematics S.S.S 3 First Term

WEEK 1

Partial Fractions

Performance Objectives

Students should be able to:

  1. The basic definition
  2. To resolve rational functions into partial fractions

Content

The process of transforming a compound algebraic fraction into a sum of partial fractions is called ‘resolution into partial fractions’.


Partial and Compound Fractions

The method of combining two or more simple algebraic fractions to obtain a single algebraic fraction is quite familiar.

For example,

 

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