Re: factor out a term to cancel in a fraction
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- Subject: [mg98891] Re: [mg98818] factor out a term to cancel in a fraction
- From: "David Park" <djmpark at comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:15:15 -0400 (EDT)
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step1 = p'[t] == (e0 s[t] k1 k2)/(s[t] k1 + k1 Km) MapAt[Cancel, step1, 2] David Park djmpark at comcast.net http://home.comcast.net/~djmpark/ From: sean_incali at yahoo.com [mailto:sean_incali at yahoo.com] Hello group. I'm trying to do a little algebra which i can do in my head using Mathematica. Why? Well, it's neater. Consider the following. p'[t] == (e0 s[t] k1 k2 )/ (s[t] k1 + k1 Km) Factor out k1 and cancel it to simplify the expression. Why is this so difficult to accomplish in mathematica? Following does nothing. p'[t] == (e0 s[t] k1 k2 )/ (s[t] k1 + k1 Km) // Assuming[k1 > 0, {Collect[#, k1]}] & Thanks for any info. Sean