{"id":69,"date":"2023-06-21T13:22:29","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T13:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/gsu-collegealgebra\/chapter\/introductionrational-expressions\/"},"modified":"2023-08-07T01:36:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T01:36:10","slug":"introductionrational-expressions","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/gsu-collegealgebra\/chapter\/introductionrational-expressions\/","title":{"raw":"P2.3   Introduction to Rational Expressions","rendered":"P2.3   Introduction to Rational Expressions"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>What you\u2019ll learn to do: Evaluate and simplify rational expressions<\/h2>\r\nA pastry shop has fixed costs of [latex]\\$280[\/latex] per week and variable costs of [latex]\\$9[\/latex] per box of pastries. The shop\u2019s costs per week in terms of [latex]x[\/latex], the number of boxes made, is [latex]280+9x[\/latex]. 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