Question

Write as a single fraction in its simplest form.

how do you do this?
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Answer 1

(-12x - 25) / (x + 3) (x - 5)

Explanation:

1 - 2x/(x+3) + (x+3)/(x - 5)

= {(x + 3)(x - 5) - 2x(x - 5) + (x + 3)(x - 3)} / (x + 3) (x - 5)

= {(x² -5x + 3x - 16) - (2x² + 10x) + (x² - 3x + 3x - 9)} / (x + 3) (x - 5)

= x² - 2x - 16 - 2x² - 10x + x² - 9 / (x + 3) (x - 5)

= x² - 2x² + x² - 2x - 10x - 16 - 9 / (x + 3) (x - 5)

= (-12x - 25) / (x + 3) (x - 5)