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Re: Reduction of Coefficients Coming Out of Solve

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• Subject: [mg48768] Re: Reduction of Coefficients Coming Out of Solve
• From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
• Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 04:54:10 -0400 (EDT)
• Organization: Universitaet Leipzig
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Hi,


FullSimplify[(3.4*10^62 + 4.5*10^63 x)/(6.7*10^64 + 8.9*10^63 x)]

??

Regards
  Jens

Scott Guthery wrote:
> 
> A rational polynomial result from Solve multiplies every coefficient by
> a large factor of 10, e.g. 10^62.   Neither Simplify nor FullSimpify
> remove this common factor from the numerator and denominator.  I can
> remove it by hand but there must be a Mathematica trick that removes it.
> 
> What might it be?
> 
> For example:
> 
> (3.4*10^62 + 4.5*10^63 x)/(6.7*10^64 + 8.9*10^63 x).
> 
> Thanks for any insight.
> 
> Cheers, Scott