algebra 2 question!!

来源: 2010-05-23 17:57:50 [博客] [旧帖] [给我悄悄话] 本文已被阅读:

Hi guys,

I wanted to know if b + 1/ 28b can be simplified. it's written out like this:

b + 1
-----
28b

I was thinking that you could divide both sides by b to get 1/28, but the test says that it can't be simplified anymore? which is it?