SOLUTION: add or subtract as indicated. Simplify if possible: 3y/4y-20+9y/6y-30 Please help!!

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: add or subtract as indicated. Simplify if possible:
3y/4y-20+9y/6y-30
Please help!!
This question is from textbook

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


Factor to get


Factor to get


Notice how the LCM (or LCD) is (note: most often, you can find the LCD by multiplying the denominators and removing any repeated terms)


So the goal is to get EVERY denominator equal to the LCD


Multiply the first fraction by


Multiply


Multiply the second fraction by


Multiply



Now that the denominators are equal, we can combine them:


Add the fractions


Combine like terms.


Reduce to get


Distribute



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Answer:


So simplifies to



In other words, where

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