document.write( "Question 869708: We are going over Rational expressions. My problem is I don't know what to do after I get the answer for the denominator. But unfortunately for this one I can't even get that far! Can you help me with steps to get through this problem?\r
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document.write( "5/x^2+5x+6 + 2/x+3 \r
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document.write( "So far I have 5/(x+3)(x+2) + 2(x+2)/x+3(x+2) \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #524335 by Alan3354(69443)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! 5/x^2+5x+6 + 2/x+3 \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So far I have 5/(x+3)(x+2) + 2(x+2)/x+3(x+2) \n" ); document.write( "----------- \n" ); document.write( "Since the DEN's are the same, you can add the NUMs. \n" ); document.write( "5/(x+3)(x+2) + 2(x+2)/x+3(x+2) \n" ); document.write( "= 5/(x+3)(x+2) + (2x+4)/(x+3)(x+2) \n" ); document.write( "= (2x+9)/(x+3)(x+2) \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |