SOLUTION: Perform the indicated operations and simplify. x-4/x-8 - x+1/x+8 + x-72/x^2 -64 These should look like 3 fractions.

Question 133103: Perform the indicated operations and simplify.
x-4/x-8 - x+1/x+8 + x-72/x^2 -64
These should look like 3 fractions.
Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Given:
Simply:
In order to combine the three terms, you need to have a common denominator. In this case, the least common denominator is
So multiply the first term by and the second term by (note both values are equal to 1.
This yields:

Now multiply out (expand) the numeratiors to get:

Collect terms in the numerator to get:

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