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First you must recognise how different types of rational functions can be expressed as partial fractions

Summary
The type of partial fractions involved will depend on the denominator of the rational function given. Does the denominator have
  • simple linear factors?
  • repeated linear factors?
  • an unfactorisable quadratic factor?
Make sure you know what to do in each case.
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