SOLUTION: 3/x-4/1-2/x-4

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Question 972514: 3/x-4/1-2/x-4
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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{3/(x-4)} / 1- (2/(x-4)}
That is how I understand the question.
Put the second over a common denominator, x-4.
1- (2/x-4)
[x-4-2}/x-4
x-6/x-4
We are dividing numerator and denominator each by x-4. That can cancel. We are left with the numerator of the numerator divided by the numerator of the denominator.
That is 3/(x-6)
If the question is different from the one I answered, such as a denominator of 1-(2/x)-4, then the answer will be different. I interpreted it as shown above.