document.write( "Question 387735: Please help me solve this equation 5x^2+17x-12/x^4-256 \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #274135 by Earlsdon(6294) $\"\"$ $\"About$

You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is not an equation (no = sign) it is an expression!
\n" ); document.write( "Expressions cannot be \"solved\" but they can, perhaps, be simplified. Is this what you wanted to do to this expression?
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