document.write( "Question 167290: What is the answer to the following equation: 3/x^2-1/x+5 \n" ); document.write( "
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3/x^2-1/x+5\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I understand your question as the following subtraction problem:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(3/x^2) MINUS (1/x + 5)\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The denominators are different.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "We need the LCD, right?\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Our LCD is (x^2)TIMES (x + 5) written simply as (x^2)(x+5).\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "We now apply the rules of subtraction of fractions with unlike denominators.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "In the numerator, we get this over the LCD:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "[3(x+5) - (x^2)]/(x^2)(x+5)\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "We can simplify the numerator a bit more by using the distributive rule to remove the parentheses 3(x+5).\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "This will leave us with:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(3x + 15 - x^2)/(x^2)(x+5)\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Did you follow?\r
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