document.write( "Question 75305: Could you tell me if the answer to this rational expression 3/x +5/x-4 is 3(x-4)+5x/x(x-4)
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document.write( "Could you tell me if the answer to this rational expression 3/x +5/x-4 is 3(x-4)+5x/x(x-4)\r
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document.write( "        3         5
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document.write( "      _____  +  _____
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document.write( "        x       x - 4\r
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document.write( "Multiply both terms by the LCD x(x-4)\r
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document.write( "        3         5
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document.write( "x(x-4)_____  +  _____ x(x-4)
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document.write( "        x       x - 4\r
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document.write( "      3(x-4)       5x
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document.write( "     ________ + ________
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document.write( "      x(x-4)     x(x-4)\r
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document.write( "Simplify\r
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document.write( "       3x -12        5x
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document.write( "      _______  +  ________
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document.write( "       x(x-4)     x(x - 4)\r
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document.write( "      3x - 12 + 5x 
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document.write( "     ______________
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document.write( "        x (x-4)\r
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document.write( "         8x - 12       4(x-3)
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document.write( "         x (x-4)       x(x-4)\r
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