SOLUTION: can someone plss help me by today? ): simplify the complex fraction. 3/x+1 + 1/x over 4/x-1

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Question 456759: can someone plss help me by today? ):
simplify the complex fraction.
3/x+1 + 1/x over 4/x-1
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) About Me  (Show Source):
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simplify the complex fraction.
3%2F%28x%2B1%29+%2B+1%2Fx
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4%2F%28x-1%29
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put the top fractions over a single denominator
%283x%2B%28x%2B1%29%29%2Fx%28x%2B1%29
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4%2F%28x-1%29
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which is
%284x%2B1%29%2Fx%28x%2B1%29
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4%2F%28x-1%29
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invert the dividing fraction and multiply
%284x%2B1%29%2Fx%28x%2B1%29 * %28x%2B1%29%2F4
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Cancel (x+1)
%284x%2B1%29%2Fx * 1%2F4 = %284x%2B1%29%2F%284x%29