SOLUTION: x+1/x+2+1/x / x/x+2=1/x^2

Question 148530This question is from textbook Algebra 1 california edition
: x+1/x+2+1/x / x/x+2=1/x^2 This question is from textbook Algebra 1 california edition

Answer by mangopeeler07(462) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If I imagine this problem correctly, it looks like this:

First add x+1/x+2 and 1/x. First get a common denominator: x(x+2). So multiply x+1/x+2 by x/x and 1/x by x+2/x+2.

Simplify it

becomes (in the numerators)

Add in the numerators and simplify

Flip the second fraction

Multiply across

Add the terms

Group

Factor

Cancel out the 's