SOLUTION: Banging my head on desk. Please help (3x/(x^2-4)+(3+x)/(x+2) I know that the solution is x^2+4x-6/x^2-1 Have no idea how to get there. Thank you

Question 222637: Banging my head on desk. Please help
(3x/(x^2-4)+(3+x)/(x+2)

I know that the solution is x^2+4x-6/x^2-1
Have no idea how to get there.
Thank you
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The first denominator is "difference of squares" factor it
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We can see the common denominator is: (x-2)(x+2) so we have

FOIL

group like terms and combine
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Foil the denominator to get the original denominator

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