SOLUTION: Subtract and simplify: (7/x - 2) - (3

SOLUTION: Subtract and simplify: (7/x - 2) - (3 - x/x)

Question 388151: Subtract and simplify:
(7/x - 2) - (3 - x/x)
Answer by jsmallt9(3758) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Any number divided by itself, like x/x, is 1:

3-1 = 2

-2 - 2 = -4

To subtract we have to have the same denominator:

Now we can subtract:

If the problem was

then please use parentheses around multiple term numerators, like 3-x, and denominators, like x-2. For example:
7/(x-2) - (3-x)/x
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