SOLUTION: f(x)=x+5 and g(x)=3/x-5 I am stuck after I get the LCD x+5=3/x-5 x^2-25=3 x^2-28=0

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Question 190586: f(x)=x+5 and g(x)=3/x-5
I am stuck after I get the LCD
x+5=3/x-5
x^2-25=3
x^2-28=0

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given equation.


Multiply both sides by x-5.


FOIL


Add 25 to both sides.


Combine like terms.


Take the square root of both sides


or Break up the "plus/minus"


or Simplify the square root.


So the solutions are or

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