SOLUTION: Can someone please help me solve this problem?
3-a-4/a+3=a^2-2/a+3
Thank you.
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Question 127172: Can someone please help me solve this problem?
3-a-4/a+3=a^2-2/a+3
Thank you.
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Assume it's
:
:
; Added to both sides
:
They have the same denominators so we can just write it:
= ; combine like terms, we have quadratic now
That will factor to:
Cancel out the (a+3)'s and we have a simple equation
a - 2 = 3
:
a = 3 + 2
:
a = 5
:
:
Check solution in the original equation, substitute 5 for x
3 is equal to 24/8 so we have:
; confirms our solution
:
Could you follow what we did here? Any questions?
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