SOLUTION: add or subract as indicated 5a-12/a^2-8a+15 - 3a-2/a^2-8a+15

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Question 45501: add or subract as indicated
5a-12/a^2-8a+15 - 3a-2/a^2-8a+15

Answer by adamchapman(301)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!



This can be simplified:

and the (a-5)'s cancel:

Look at the graph
("a" is on the x-axis)

Now look at the graph
("a" is on the x-axis)
since they are both exactly the same graph, we can confirm that
I hope this helps.
Adam
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