SOLUTION: CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS PROBLEM PERFORM THE INDICATED OPERATION.REDUCE ANSWER TO LOWEST TERMS. 1/x-4+5/x

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Question 307430: CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS PROBLEM
PERFORM THE INDICATED OPERATION.REDUCE ANSWER TO LOWEST TERMS.
1/x-4+5/x
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1/x-4 +5/x
the LCM is x(x-4)
x+5(x-4) /x(x-4)
= x+5x-20 / x(x-4)=
=6x-20 /x(x-4)
= 2(3x-10)/ x(x-4)