SOLUTION: This is not from a textbook. Subtract. Simplify, if possible. x-8/x - 3x-19/5x Thank you in advance.

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Question 125723: This is not from a textbook.
Subtract. Simplify, if possible.
x-8/x - 3x-19/5x
Thank you in advance.

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given expression.


Multiply the first fraction by .


Distribute and multiply.


Combine the fractions.


Distribute the negative.


Combine like terms.

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