document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=982179>Question 982179</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> (5/a+1)+8/(4/a+1)+3 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #603038 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=603038\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If you mean  (5/a+1)+8/(4/a+1)+3  exactly as you give, then to carry out the arithmetic, do what you already learned  (even if you mean a different given expression, still of the rational kind).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Simplest denominator is a.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Misidentified the actual simplest common denominator, but what used up to now helped.  The simplest denominator for common purposes is a(a+4).\r<BR>\n" );
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