SOLUTION: can i please get help to subtract in simplest form? 5x/x-10 minus 50/x-10

Question 77367: can i please get help to subtract in simplest form?
5x/x-10
minus
50/x-10
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Since these fractions have a common denominator, we can subtract the two fractions

Factor out a 5 from the numerator

Divide and cancel like terms
So the whole thing reduces to . In other words:

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