SOLUTION: Please Show work: Subtract: 4/6(x-1) - 3/6(x-1) would this be 1/6(x-1)? (4-1)/6(x-1) or could it simply be 1 because 6(x-1) cancels out...? or is it something completely di

Question 317239: Please Show work:
Subtract:
4/6(x-1) - 3/6(x-1)
would this be 1/6(x-1)? (4-1)/6(x-1)
or could it simply be 1 because 6(x-1) cancels out...?
or is it something completely different?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You're on the right track.
You can subtract fractions as long as you have the same denominator.
In this case you do.
You could also substitute to make it more visible.
If you let
then the equation becomes,

However the denominator does go away or cancel out, it stays.
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