SOLUTION: please help me solve this equation (1/x-4/y)/(2/x+5/y)

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Question 619278: please help me solve this equation (1/x-4/y)/(2/x+5/y)
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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please help me solve this equation (1/x-4/y)/(2/x+5/y)
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That is not an equation.
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(1/x-4/y)/(2/x+5/y)
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= [(y-4x)/(xy)] / [(2y+5x)/(xy)]
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Invert the denominator and multiply.
Cancel the "xy" factors:
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= (y-4x)/(2y+5x)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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