SOLUTION: Can you show me how to solve this? 5a-12/a^2-8a+15 - 3a-2/a^2-8a+15

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Question 37556: Can you show me how to solve this? 5a-12/a^2-8a+15 - 3a-2/a^2-8a+15
Answer by vidhyak(98) About Me  (Show Source):
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5a-12/a^2-8a+15 - 3a-2/a^2-8a+15

Since the denominator is the same, you can directly perform the subtraction
(5a-12) - (3a-2)
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a^2-8a+15

5a-12 -3a+2
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(a-5)(a-3)

2a-10
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(a-5)(a-3)

2(a-5)
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(a-5)(a-3)

2
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a-3