SOLUTION: I am confused on how to solve this, can you please help? Thanks! {{{(3-v)/(v-8)-(4v-1)/(8-v)}}}

Question 146426: I am confused on how to solve this, can you please help? Thanks!

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I am confused on how to solve this, can you please help? Thanks!

The denominators and are
reversed differences. So we must first change
one of the differences,

Write the second term first and the first term second:

Factor out

or

Now replace by

becomes

The second term becomes positive:

The denominators are the same so
combine the numerators over the
common denominator.

Edwin
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