8.5 Adding and subtracting rational expressions (Page 2/2)

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$\begin{array}{l} \frac{3 x^{2} + 4 x + 5}{(x + 6) (x - 2)} + \frac{2 x^{2} + x + 6}{x^{2} + 4 x - 12} - \frac{x^{2} - 4 x - 6}{x^{2} + 4 x - 12} \\ Factor the denominators to determine if they're the same . \\ \frac{3 x^{2} + 4 x + 5}{(x + 6) (x - 2)} + \frac{2 x^{2} + x + 6}{(x + 6) (x - 2)} - \frac{x^{2} - 4 x - 6}{(x + 6) (x - 2)} \\ The denominators are the same . Combine the numerators being careful to note the negative sign . \\ \frac{3 x^{2} + 4 x + 5 + 2 x^{2} + x + 6 - (x^{2} - 4 x + 6)}{(x + 6) (x - 2)} \\ \frac{3 x^{2} + 4 x + 5 + 2 x^{2} + x + 6 - x^{2} + 4 x + 6}{(x + 6) (x - 2)} \\ \frac{4 x^{2} + 9 x + 17}{(x + 6) (x - 2)} \end{array}$

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Practice set a

Add or Subtract the following rational expressions.

$\frac{4}{9} + \frac{2}{9}$

$\frac{2}{3}$

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$\frac{3}{b} + \frac{2}{b}$

$\frac{5}{b}$

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$\frac{5 x}{2 y^{2}} - \frac{3 x}{2 y^{2}}$

$\frac{x}{y^{2}}$

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$\frac{x + y}{x - y} + \frac{2 x + 3 y}{x - y}$

$\frac{3 x + 4 y}{x - y}$

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$\frac{4 x^{2} - x + 4}{3 x + 10} - \frac{x^{2} + 2 x + 5}{3 x + 10}$

$\frac{3 x^{2} - 3 x - 1}{3 x + 10}$

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$\frac{x (x + 1)}{x (2 x + 3)} + \frac{3 x^{2} - x + 7}{2 x^{2} + 3 x}$

$\frac{4 x^{2} + 7}{x (2 x + 3)}$

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$\frac{4 x + 3}{x^{2} - x - 6} - \frac{8 x - 4}{(x + 2) (x - 3)}$

$\frac{- 4 x + 7}{(x + 2) (x - 3)}$

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$\frac{5 a^{2} + a - 4}{2 a (a - 6)} + \frac{2 a^{2} + 3 a + 4}{2 a^{2} - 12 a} + \frac{a^{2} + 2}{2 a^{2} - 12 a}$

$\frac{4 a^{2} + 2 a + 1}{a (a - 6)}$

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$\frac{8 x^{2} + x - 1}{x^{2} - 6 x + 8} + \frac{2 x^{2} + 3 x}{x^{2} - 6 x + 8} - \frac{5 x^{2} + 3 x - 4}{(x - 4) (x - 2)}$

$\frac{5 x^{2} + x + 3}{(x - 4) (x - 2)}$

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Fractions with different denominators

Sample set b

Add or Subtract the following rational expressions.

$\begin{array}{l} \frac{4 a}{3 y} + \frac{2 a}{9 y^{2}} . & The denominators are n o t the same . Find the LCD . By inspection, the LCD is 9 y^{2} . \\ \frac{}{9 y^{2}} + \frac{2 a}{9 y^{2}} & \begin{array}{l} The denominator of the first rational expression has been multiplied by 3 y, \\ so the numerator must be multiplied by 3 y . \\ 4 a \cdot 3 y = 12 a y \end{array} \\ \frac{12 a y}{9 y^{2}} + \frac{2 a}{9 y^{2}} & The denominators are now the same . Add the numerators . \\ \frac{12 a y + 2 a}{9 y^{2}} \end{array}$

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$\begin{array}{l} \frac{3 b}{b + 2} + \frac{5 b}{b - 3} . & \begin{array}{l} The denominators are n o t the same . The LCD is (b + 2) (b - 3) . \end{array} \\ \frac{}{(b + 2) (b - 3)} + \frac{}{(b + 2) (b - 3)} & \begin{array}{l} The denominator of the first rational expression has been multiplied by b - 3, \\ so the numerator must be multiplied by b - 3. 3 b (b - 3) \end{array} \\ \frac{3 b (b - 3)}{(b + 2) (b - 3)} + \frac{}{(b + 2) (b - 3)} & \begin{array}{l} The denominator of the second rational expression has been multiplied by b + 2, \\ so the numerator must be multiplied by b + 2. 5 b (b + 2) \end{array} \\ \frac{3 b (b - 3)}{(b + 2) (b - 3)} + \frac{5 b (b + 2)}{(b + 2) (b - 3)} & \begin{array}{l} The denominators are now the same . Add the numerators . \end{array} \\ \frac{3 b (b - 3) + 5 b (b + 2)}{(b - 3) (b + 2)} & = & \frac{3 b^{2} - 9 b + 5 b^{2} + 10 b}{(b - 3) (b + 2)} \\ = & \frac{8 b^{2} + b}{(b - 3) (b - 2)} \end{array}$

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$\begin{array}{l} \frac{x + 3}{x - 1} + \frac{x - 2}{4 x + 4} . & \begin{array}{l} The denominators are n o t the same . \\ Find the LCD . \end{array} \\ \frac{x + 3}{x - 1} + \frac{x - 2}{4 (x + 1)} & The LCD is (x + 1) (x - 1) \\ \frac{}{4 (x + 1) (x - 1)} + \frac{}{4 (x + 1) (x - 1)} & \begin{array}{l} The denominator of the first rational expression has been multiplied by 4 (x + 1) so \\ the numerator must be multiplied by 4 (x + 1) . 4 (x + 3) (x + 1) \end{array} \\ \frac{4 (x + 3) (x + 1)}{4 (x + 1) (x - 1)} + \frac{}{4 (x + 1) (x - 1)} & \begin{array}{l} The denominator of the second rational expression has been multiplied by x - 1 \\ so the numerator must be multiplied by x - 1. (x - 1) (x - 2) \end{array} \\ \frac{4 (x + 3) (x + 1)}{4 (x + 1) (x - 1)} + \frac{(x - 1) (x - 2)}{4 (x + 1) (x - 1)} & \begin{array}{l} The denominators are now the same. \\ Add the numerators. \end{array} \\ \frac{4 (x + 3) (x + 1) + (x - 1) (x - 2)}{4 (x + 1) (x - 1)} \\ \frac{4 (x^{2} + 4 x + 3) + x^{2} - 3 x + 2}{4 (x + 1) (x - 1)} \\ \frac{4 x^{2} + 16 x + 12 + x^{2} - 3 x + 2}{4 (x + 1) (x - 1)} & = & \frac{5 x^{2} + 13 x + 14}{4 (x + 1) (x - 1)} \end{array}$

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$\begin{array}{l} \frac{x + 5}{x^{2} - 7 x + 12} + \frac{3 x - 1}{x^{2} - 2 x - 3} & Determine the LCD . \\ \frac{x + 5}{(x - 4) (x - 3)} + \frac{3 x - 1}{(x - 3) (x + 1)} & The LCD is (x - 4) (x - 3) (x + 1) . \\ \frac{}{(x - 4) (x - 3) (x + 1)} + \frac{}{(x - 4) (x - 3) (x + 1)} & The first numerator must be multiplied by x + 1 and the second by x - 4. \\ \frac{(x + 5) (x + 1)}{(x - 4) (x - 3) (x + 1)} + \frac{(3 x - 1) (x - 4)}{(x - 4) (x - 3) (x + 1)} & The denominators are now the same . Add the numerators . \\ \frac{(x + 5) (x + 1) + (3 x - 1) (x - 4)}{(x - 4) (x - 3) (x + 1)} \\ \frac{x^{2} + 6 x + 5 + 3 x^{2} - 13 x + 4}{(x - 4) (x - 3) (x + 1)} \\ \frac{4 x^{2} - 7 x + 9}{(x - 4) (x - 3) (x + 1)} \end{array}$

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$\begin{array}{l} \frac{a + 4}{a^{2} + 5 a + 6} - \frac{a - 4}{a^{2} - 5 a - 24} & Determine the LCD. \\ \frac{a + 4}{(a + 3) (a + 2)} - \frac{a - 4}{(a + 3) (a - 8)} & The LCD is (a + 3) (a + 2) (a - 8) . \\ \frac{}{(a + 3) (a + 2) (a - 8)} - \frac{}{(a + 3) (a + 2) (a - 8)} & The first numerator must be multiplied by a - 8 and the second by a + 2. \\ \frac{(a + 4) (a - 8)}{(a + 3) (a + 2) (a - 8)} - \frac{(a - 4) (a + 2)}{(a + 3) (a + 2) (a - 8)} & The denominators are now the same . Subtract the numerators . \\ \frac{(a + 4) (a - 8) - (a - 4) (a + 2)}{(a + 3) (a + 2) (a - 8)} \\ \frac{a^{2} - 4 a - 32 - (a^{2} - 2 a - 8)}{(a + 3) (a + 2) (a - 8)} \\ \frac{a^{2} - 4 a - 32 - a^{2} + 2 a + 8}{(a + 3) (a + 2) (a - 8)} \\ \frac{- 2 a - 24}{(a + 3) (a + 2) (a - 8)} & Factor - 2 from the numerator . \\ \frac{- 2 (a + 12)}{(a + 3) (a + 2) (a - 8)} \end{array}$

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$\begin{array}{l} \frac{3 x}{7 - x} + \frac{5 x}{x - 7} . & \begin{array}{l} The denominators are n e a r l y the same. They differ only in sign. \\ Our technique is to factor - 1 from one of them. \end{array} \\ \frac{3 x}{7 - x} = \frac{3 x}{- (x - 7)} & = & \frac{- 3 x}{x - 7} & Factor - 1 from the first term . \\ \frac{3 x}{7 - x} + \frac{5 x}{x - 7} & = & \frac{- 3 x}{x - 7} + \frac{5 x}{x - 7} \\ = & \frac{- 3 x + 5 x}{x - 7} \\ = & \frac{2 x}{x - 7} \end{array}$

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Practice set b

Add or Subtract the following rational expressions.

$\frac{3 x}{4 a^{2}} + \frac{5 x}{12 a^{3}}$

$\frac{9 a x + 5 x}{12 a^{3}}$

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$\frac{5 b}{b + 1} + \frac{3 b}{b - 2}$

$\frac{8 b^{2} - 7 b}{(b + 1) (b - 2)}$

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$\frac{a - 7}{a + 2} + \frac{a - 2}{a + 3}$

$\frac{2 a^{2} - 4 a - 25}{(a + 2) (a + 3)}$

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$\frac{4 x + 1}{x + 3} - \frac{x + 5}{x - 3}$

$\frac{3 x^{2} - 19 x - 18}{(x + 3) (x - 3)}$

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$\frac{2 y - 3}{y} + \frac{3 y + 1}{y + 4}$

$\frac{5 y^{2} + 6 y - 12}{y (y + 4)}$

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$\frac{a - 7}{a^{2} - 3 a + 2} + \frac{a + 2}{a^{2} - 6 a + 8}$

$\frac{2 a^{2} - 10 a + 26}{(a - 2) (a - 1) (a - 4)}$

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$\frac{6}{b^{2} + 6 b + 9} - \frac{2}{b^{2} + 4 b + 4}$

$\frac{4 b^{2} + 12 b + 6}{{(b + 3)}^{2} {(b + 2)}^{2}}$

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$\frac{x}{x + 4} - \frac{x - 2}{3 x - 3}$

$\frac{2 x^{2} - 5 x + 8}{3 (x + 4) (x - 1)}$

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$\frac{5 x}{4 - x} + \frac{7 x}{x - 4}$

$\frac{2 x}{x - 4}$

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Sample set c

Combine the following rational expressions.

$\begin{array}{l} 3 + \frac{7}{x - 1} . & Rewrite the expression. \\ \frac{3}{1} + \frac{7}{x - 1} & The LCD is x - 1. \\ \frac{3 (x - 1)}{x - 1} + \frac{7}{x - 1} & = & \frac{3 x - 3}{x - 1} + \frac{7}{x - 1} & = & \frac{3 x - 3 + 7}{x - 1} \\ = & \frac{3 x + 4}{x - 1} \end{array}$

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$\begin{array}{l} 3 y + 4 - \frac{y^{2} - y + 3}{y - 6} . & Rewrite the expression. \\ \frac{3 y + 4}{1} - \frac{y^{2} - y + 3}{y - 6} & The LCD is y - 6. \\ \frac{(3 y + 4) (y - 6)}{y - 6} - \frac{y^{2} - y + 3}{y - 6} & = & \frac{(3 y + 4) (y - 6) - (y^{2} - y + 3)}{y - 6} \\ = & \frac{3 y^{2} - 14 y - 24 - y^{2} + y - 3}{y - 6} \\ = & \frac{2 y^{2} - 13 y - 27}{y - 6} \end{array}$

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Practice set c

Simplify $8 + \frac{3}{x - 6} .$

$\frac{8 x - 45}{x - 6}$

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Simplify $2 a - 5 - \frac{a^{2} + 2 a - 1}{a + 3} .$

$\frac{a^{2} - a - 14}{a + 3}$

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Exercises

For the following problems, add or subtract the rational expressions.

$\frac{3}{8} + \frac{1}{8}$

$\frac{1}{2}$

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$\frac{1}{9} + \frac{4}{9}$

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$\frac{7}{10} - \frac{2}{5}$

$\frac{3}{10}$

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$\frac{3}{4} - \frac{5}{12}$

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$\frac{3}{4 x} + \frac{5}{4 x}$

$\frac{2}{x}$

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$\frac{2}{7 y} + \frac{3}{7 y}$

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$\frac{6 y}{5 x} + \frac{8 y}{5 x}$

$\frac{14 y}{5 x}$

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$\frac{9 a}{7 b} + \frac{3 a}{7 b}$

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$\frac{15 n}{2 m} - \frac{6 n}{2 m}$

$\frac{9 n}{2 m}$

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$\frac{8 p}{11 q} - \frac{3 p}{11 q}$

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$\frac{y + 4}{y - 6} + \frac{y + 8}{y - 6}$

$\frac{2 y + 12}{y - 6}$

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$\frac{y - 1}{y + 4} + \frac{y + 7}{y + 4}$

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$\frac{a + 6}{a - 1} + \frac{3 a + 5}{a - 1}$

$\frac{4 a + 11}{a - 1}$

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$\frac{5 a + 1}{a + 7} + \frac{2 a - 6}{a + 7}$

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$\frac{x + 1}{5 x} + \frac{x + 3}{5 x}$

$\frac{2 x + 4}{5 x}$

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$\frac{a - 6}{a + 2} + \frac{a - 2}{a + 2}$

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$\frac{b + 1}{b - 3} + \frac{b + 2}{b - 3}$

$\frac{2 b + 3}{b - 3}$

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$\frac{a + 2}{a - 5} - \frac{a + 3}{a - 5}$

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$\frac{b + 7}{b - 6} - \frac{b - 1}{b - 6}$

$\frac{8}{b - 6}$

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$\frac{2 b + 3}{b + 1} - \frac{b - 4}{b + 1}$

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$\frac{3 y + 4}{y + 8} - \frac{2 y - 5}{y + 8}$

$\frac{y + 9}{y + 8}$

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$\frac{2 a - 7}{a - 9} + \frac{3 a + 5}{a - 9}$

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$\frac{8 x - 1}{x + 2} - \frac{15 x + 7}{x + 2}$

$\frac{- 7 x - 8}{x + 2}$

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$\frac{7}{2 x^{2}} + \frac{1}{6 x^{3}}$

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$\frac{2}{3 x} + \frac{4}{6 x^{2}}$

$\frac{2 (x + 1)}{3 x^{2}}$

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$\frac{5}{6 y^{3}} - \frac{2}{18 y^{5}}$

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$\frac{2}{5 a^{2}} - \frac{1}{10 a^{3}}$

$\frac{4 a - 1}{10 a^{3}}$

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$\frac{3}{x + 1} + \frac{5}{x - 2}$

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$\frac{4}{x - 6} + \frac{1}{x - 1}$

$\frac{5 (x - 2)}{(x - 6) (x - 1)}$

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$\frac{2 a}{a + 1} - \frac{3 a}{a + 4}$

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$\frac{6 y}{y + 4} + \frac{2 y}{y + 3}$

$\frac{2 y (4 y + 13)}{(y + 4) (y + 3)}$

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$\frac{x - 1}{x - 3} + \frac{x + 4}{x - 4}$

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$\frac{x + 2}{x - 5} + \frac{x - 1}{x + 2}$

$\frac{2 x^{2} - 2 x + 9}{(x - 5) (x + 2)}$

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$\frac{a + 3}{a - 3} - \frac{a + 2}{a - 2}$

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$\frac{y + 1}{y - 1} - \frac{y + 4}{y - 4}$

$\frac{- 6 y}{(y - 1) (y - 4)}$

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$\frac{x - 1}{(x + 2) (x - 3)} + \frac{x + 4}{x - 3}$

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$\frac{y + 2}{(y + 1) (y + 6)} + \frac{y - 2}{y + 6}$

$\frac{y^{2}}{(y + 1) (y + 6)}$

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$\frac{2 a + 1}{(a + 3) (a - 3)} - \frac{a + 2}{a + 3}$

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$\frac{3 a + 5}{(a + 4) (a - 1)} - \frac{2 a - 1}{a - 1}$

$\frac{- 2 a^{2} - 4 a + 9}{(a + 4) (a - 1)}$

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$\frac{2 x}{x^{2} - 3 x + 2} + \frac{3}{x - 2}$

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$\frac{4 a}{a^{2} - 2 a - 3} + \frac{3}{a + 1}$

$\frac{7 a - 9}{(a + 1) (a - 3)}$

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$\frac{3 y}{y^{2} - 7 y + 12} - \frac{y^{2}}{y - 3}$

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$\frac{x - 1}{x^{2} + 6 x + 8} + \frac{x + 3}{x^{2} + 2 x - 8}$

$\frac{2 (x^{2} + x + 4)}{(x + 2) (x - 2) (x + 4)}$

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$\frac{a - 4}{a^{2} + 2 a - 3} + \frac{a + 2}{a^{2} + 3 a - 4}$

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$\frac{b - 3}{b^{2} + 9 b + 20} + \frac{b + 4}{b^{2} + b - 12}$

$\frac{2 b^{2} + 3 b + 29}{(b - 3) (b + 4) (b + 5)}$

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$\frac{y - 1}{y^{2} + 4 y - 12} - \frac{y + 3}{y^{2} + 6 y - 16}$

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$\frac{x + 3}{x^{2} + 9 x + 14} - \frac{x - 5}{x^{2} - 4}$

$\frac{- x + 29}{(x - 2) (x + 2) (x + 7)}$

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$\frac{x - 1}{x^{2} - 4 x + 3} + \frac{x + 3}{x^{2} - 5 x + 6} + \frac{2 x}{x^{2} - 3 x + 2}$

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$\frac{4 x}{x^{2} + 6 x + 8} + \frac{3}{x^{2} + x - 6} + \frac{x - 1}{x^{2} + x - 12}$

$\frac{5 x^{4} - 3 x^{3} - 34 x^{2} + 34 x - 60}{(x - 2) (x + 2) (x - 3) (x + 3) (x + 4)}$

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$\frac{y + 2}{y^{2} - 1} + \frac{y - 3}{y^{2} - 3 y - 4} - \frac{y + 3}{y^{2} - 5 y + 4}$

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$\frac{a - 2}{a^{2} - 9 a + 18} + \frac{a - 2}{a^{2} - 4 a - 12} - \frac{a - 2}{a^{2} - a - 6}$

$\frac{(a + 5) (a - 2)}{(a + 2) (a - 3) (a - 6)}$

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$\frac{y - 2}{y^{2} + 6 y} + \frac{y + 4}{y^{2} + 5 y - 6}$

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$\frac{a + 1}{a^{3} + 3 a^{2}} - \frac{a + 6}{a^{2} - a}$

$\frac{- a^{3} - 8 a^{2} - 18 a - 1}{a^{2} (a + 3) (a - 1)}$

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$\frac{4}{3 b^{2} - 12 b} - \frac{2}{6 b^{2} - 6 b}$

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$\frac{3}{2 x^{5} - 4 x^{4}} + \frac{- 2}{8 x^{3} + 24 x^{2}}$

$\frac{- x^{3} + 2 x^{2} + 6 x + 18}{4 x^{4} (x - 2) (x + 3)}$

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$\frac{x + 2}{12 x^{3}} + \frac{x + 1}{4 x^{2} + 8 x - 12} - \frac{x + 3}{16 x^{2} - 32 x + 16}$

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$\frac{2 x}{x^{2} - 9} - \frac{x + 1}{4 x^{2} - 12 x} - \frac{x - 4}{8 x^{3}}$

$\frac{14 x^{4} - 9 x^{3} - 2 x^{2} + 9 x - 36}{8 x^{3} (x + 3) (x - 3)}$

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$4 + \frac{3}{x + 2}$

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$8 + \frac{2}{x + 6}$

$\frac{8 x + 50}{x + 6}$

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$1 + \frac{4}{x - 7}$

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$3 + \frac{5}{x - 6}$

$\frac{3 x - 13}{x - 6}$

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$- 2 + \frac{4 x}{x + 5}$

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$- 1 + \frac{3 a}{a - 1}$

$\frac{2 a + 1}{a - 1}$

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$6 - \frac{4 y}{y + 2}$

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$2 x + \frac{x^{2} - 4}{x + 1}$

$\frac{3 x^{2} + 2 x - 4}{x + 1}$

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$- 3 y + \frac{4 y^{2} + 2 y - 5}{y + 3}$

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$x + 2 + \frac{x^{2} + 4}{x - 1}$

$\frac{2 x^{2} + x + 2}{x - 1}$

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$b + 6 + \frac{2 b + 5}{b - 2}$

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$\frac{3 x - 1}{x - 4} - 8$

$\frac{- 5 x + 31}{x - 4}$

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$\frac{4 y + 5}{y + 1} - 9$

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$\frac{2 y^{2} + 11 y - 1}{y + 4} - 3 y$

$\frac{- (y^{2} + y + 1)}{y + 4}$

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$\frac{5 y^{2} - 2 y + 1}{y^{2} + y - 6} - 2$

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$\frac{4 a^{3} + 2 a^{2} + a - 1}{a^{2} + 11 a + 28} + 3 a$

$\frac{7 a^{3} + 35 a^{2} + 85 a - 1}{(a + 7) (a + 4)}$

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$\frac{2 x}{1 - x} + \frac{6 x}{x - 1}$

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$\frac{5 m}{6 - m} + \frac{3 m}{m - 6}$

$\frac{- 2 m}{m - 6}$

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$\frac{- a + 7}{8 - 3 a} + \frac{2 a + 1}{3 a - 8}$

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$\frac{- 2 y + 4}{4 - 5 y} - \frac{9}{5 y - 4}$

$\frac{2 y - 13}{5 y - 4}$

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$\frac{m - 1}{1 - m} - \frac{2}{m - 1}$

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Exercises for review

( [link] ) Simplify ${(x^{3} y^{2} z^{5})}^{6} {(x^{2} y z)}^{2} .$

$x^{22} y^{14} z^{32}$

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( [link] ) Write $6 a^{- 3} b^{4} c^{- 2} a^{- 1} b^{- 5} c^{3}$ so that only positive exponents appear.

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( [link] ) Construct the graph of $y = - 2 x + 4.$
An xy coordinate plane with gridlines, labeled negative five to five on both axes.

A graph of a line passing through three points with coordinates zero, four; one, two; and two, zero.

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( [link] ) Find the product: $\frac{x^{2} - 3 x - 4}{x^{2} + 6 x + 5} \cdot \frac{x^{2} + 5 x + 6}{x^{2} - 2 x - 8} .$

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( [link] ) Replace N with the proper quantity: $\frac{x + 3}{x - 5} = \frac{N}{x^{2} - 7 x + 10} .$

$(x + 3) (x - 2)$

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Josephine Reply

Genetics is the study of heredity

Misack

how does twins formed?

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What is manual

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discuss biological phenomenon and provide pieces of evidence to show that it was responsible for the formation of eukaryotic organelles

Joseph Reply

what is biology

Yousuf Reply

the study of living organisms and their interactions with one another and their environment.

Wine

discuss the biological phenomenon and provide pieces of evidence to show that it was responsible for the formation of eukaryotic organelles in an essay form

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what is the blood cells

Shaker Reply

list any five characteristics of the blood cells

Shaker

lack electricity and its more savely than electronic microscope because its naturally by using of light

Abdullahi Reply

advantage of electronic microscope is easily and clearly while disadvantage is dangerous because its electronic. advantage of light microscope is savely and naturally by sun while disadvantage is not easily,means its not sharp and not clear

Abdullahi

cell theory state that every organisms composed of one or more cell,cell is the basic unit of life

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is like gone fail us

DENG

cells is the basic structure and functions of all living things

Ramadan

What is classification

ISCONT Reply

is organisms that are similar into groups called tara

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in what situation (s) would be the use of a scanning electron microscope be ideal and why?

Kenna Reply

A scanning electron microscope (SEM) is ideal for situations requiring high-resolution imaging of surfaces. It is commonly used in materials science, biology, and geology to examine the topography and composition of samples at a nanoscale level. SEM is particularly useful for studying fine details,

Hilary

cell is the building block of life.

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