Question 44459
 = 2/x + 4(x)/1(x)  >> (4x + 2)/x  [FACTOR 4x + 2, you get 2(2x + 1)/x
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 = x (2)/4(2) + 1/8      (2x + 1)/8

  
 = DIVIDE  2(2x + 1)/x   by  (2x + 1 )/8 
  [MULTIPLY THE FIRST TERM WIH THE INVERSE OF THE SECOND TERM]
      
 =  (2(2x + 1 )/x)(8/(2x +1)  **Both (2x + 1) cancelled each other out
         
 =  (2)(8)/x

 =   16/x
     
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