SOLUTION: Please help me with this problem. 5 + 4 a+1 3a+3

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Question 84601This question is from textbook Beginning and Intermediate Algebra
: Please help me with this problem. 5 + 4
a+1 3a+3 This question is from textbook Beginning and Intermediate Algebra

Answer by dolly(163) About Me  (Show Source):
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The problem reads,
5/(a+1) + 4/3a+3
= 5/(a+1) + 4/3(a+1)
Taking 3(a+1) as the LCD,
= [5*3 + 4]/3(a+1)
= (15+4)/3(a+1)
= 19/3(a+1)
= 19/3a+3