SOLUTION: please help. I don't know what to do next. This is the original problem: 2 -3 -10 over over x x-4 The directions say to subtract. I found that the lest

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: please help. I don't know what to do next.
This is the original problem:
2 -3 -10
over over
x x-4
The directions say to subtract.
I found that the lest common multiple was x(x-4)
I am lost after that.
This question is from textbook Intermediate Algebra with Applications

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Multiply all terms by the LCM over the LCM (a form of 1).
Now we can subtract

Theres the simplified form.

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