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Please help me out would appreciate it-example-1
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We can out the entire left side in terms of a, and then subsitute 5 for a
ab/ (a+b) = c
b =-1 + a Substitue (-1 + a) for b
a*(-1+a)/(a+-1+a)=c
(-a+a²)/(2a-1)=c Subsitute 5 for a
(-5 + 25)/(10-1) = c
20/9 = c

Answer is A) 20/9
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