SOLUTION: im trying to solve : y^-1 - (y+5)^-1 ___________ _____ 5

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Question 647258: im trying to solve :
y^-1 - (y+5)^-1
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5

Answer by aaronwiz(69) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hi, my name is Aaron I am in 10th grade and im in honors trig/pre-calc.
When something is raised to the negative first, all it does is drop the term into the denominator. So it will be - (y+5)^-1
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5y

which then simplifies to
-1
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5y(y+5)

hope this helps. by theway I would really appreciate it, if you wrote me a reccomendation!