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What is the difference of the rational expressions below?

What is the difference of the rational expressions below?-example-1
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Answer:

B

Explanation:

(3x+1)/x² - 5x

we can only simplify this by bringing both terms to the same denominator : x²

to achieve this we need to multiply 5/x by x/x (remember, to keep the value of a term unchanged, we need to multiply numerator and denominator with the same values).

so, we get

(3x+1)/x² - 5x/x² = (3x+1-5x)/x² = (-2x+1)/x²

therefore, B is correct

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