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Your friend found that two rational expressions each simplified to 5/x+3. Are the two rational expressions equivalent? Explain.

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Answer:

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Explanation:

A rational expression is the ratio of two polynomials. Rational expressions are fractions such that the numerator and denominator are polynomials.

Since there are two rational expressions which can each be simplified to 5 / (x + 3), hence both of the expressions are equivalent to each other. This means that in both of the expressions, each has a numerator that can be simplified to 5 and has a denominator that can be simplified to x + 3.

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