SOLUTION: (5/a+1)+8/(4/a+1)+3

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Question 982179: (5/a+1)+8/(4/a+1)+3
Answer by josgarithmetic(39627) About Me  (Show Source):
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If you mean (5/a+1)+8/(4/a+1)+3 exactly as you give, then to carry out the arithmetic, do what you already learned (even if you mean a different given expression, still of the rational kind).

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Simplest denominator is a.

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Misidentified the actual simplest common denominator, but what used up to now helped. The simplest denominator for common purposes is a(a+4).

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