SOLUTION: Simplify please: 4 + 2/x - (3x)/(x+5) I tried using the websites expression simplifier, but all it did was move the four to the right side.

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Question 919243: Simplify please: 4 + 2/x - (3x)/(x+5)
I tried using the websites expression simplifier, but all it did was move the four to the right side.
Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, MathTherapy:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The idea is to get each term to have the same denominator. Then we combine the fractions. The LCD is





















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simplifies to


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Answer by MathTherapy(10556)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Simplify please: 4 + 2/x - (3x)/(x+5)
I tried using the websites expression simplifier, but all it did was move the four to the right side.




-------- Applying LCD, x(x + 5)





 

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