SOLUTION: Could someone PLEASE help me with this one? I don't know what my problem is but I continue to get different answers! 14x-4/x^2+3x-4*x^2+6x+8/2x^2+5x-3*x^2+2x-3/x^2+2x Thanks

SOLUTION: Could someone PLEASE help me with this one? I don't know what my problem is but I continue to get different answers! 14x-4/x^2+3x-4x^2+6x+8/2x^2+5x-3x^2+2x-3/x^2+2x Thanks

Question 88157: Could someone PLEASE help me with this one? I don't know what my problem is but I continue to get different answers!
14x-4/x^2+3x-4*x^2+6x+8/2x^2+5x-3*x^2+2x-3/x^2+2x
Thanks in advance for your help!!!
Answer by longjonsilver(2297) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
you need to start using brackets to group things together as your expression is one long list and very difficult to understand.

I am assuming you meant the following (after deciphering it for about 5 minutes):

which, in effect, is just:

Now we need to start factorising these 6 expressions where possible.

and now we can cancel out anything that appears on the top and bottom:

so the final version is
cheers
Jon

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