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Question 263112: how would I do this problem it is a collect like term
3x/ 12y - 13x please help
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Answer by drk(1908) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There a no like terms to collect, but we can reduce the fraction as x/4y. Then we can subtract the fractions to get
(x-52xy)/4y
and we can take out a gcf to get
x(1-52y)/4y