document.write( "Question 88333: Ok, I'm working with a complex rational expression, so I'll try and write it in here so that you can understand how it looks on paper.
\n" ); document.write( "I have to simplify this complex rational equation:
\n" ); document.write( "3/(x-5) + 1 over 1- 4/(x-5) \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I'm not 100% sure what I'm supposed to do... I think that I need to multiply (3/x-5 +1)by x-5 and add it to 1*x-5, then do the same for the bottom portion, so that I end up with (???)/x-5 over (???)/x-5, but I'm getting completely lost on how to finish solving this complex rational expression... can someone please help? Thank you guys very, very much in advance!! \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #64153 by stanbon(75887) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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simplify this complex rational equation:
\n" ); document.write( "3/(x-5) + 1 over 1- 4/(x-5) \r
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\n" ); document.write( "[3/(x-5) +1] / [1 -4/(x-5)\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "= [(3+x-5)/(x-5)] / [(x-5-4)/(x-5)]\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "= [(x-2)/(x-5)]/[(x-9)/(x-5)]\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "= (x-2)/(x-9)\r
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\n" ); document.write( "Cheers,
\n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( "

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