SOLUTION: Perform the indicated operations and reduce the answers to lowest terms: 10/(x+2) + 4/(x-2) 10x - 20 + 4x + 8 = 14x - 12 Select one: (x2 - 4) / (12x - 12) (14x - 12) / (x2

Algebra ->  Expressions -> SOLUTION: Perform the indicated operations and reduce the answers to lowest terms: 10/(x+2) + 4/(x-2) 10x - 20 + 4x + 8 = 14x - 12 Select one: (x2 - 4) / (12x - 12) (14x - 12) / (x2      Log On


   

Question 638008: Perform the indicated operations and reduce the answers to lowest terms:
10/(x+2) + 4/(x-2)
10x - 20 + 4x + 8 = 14x - 12
Select one:
(x2 - 4) / (12x - 12)
(14x - 12) / (x2 - 4)
12(x+1) / (x2 - 4)
12(x-1) / (x2 + 4)
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You have already calculated your numerator, and of the four given answers only one has that correct numerator. Also note that the denominator is the product of two binomial conjugates, hence must be the difference of two squares.

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