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

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$\begin{array}{l}\frac{3{x}^{2}+4x+5}{\left(x+6\right)\left(x-2\right)}+\frac{2{x}^{2}+x+6}{{x}^{2}+4x-12}-\frac{{x}^{2}-4x-6}{{x}^{2}+4x-12}\\ \\ \text{Factor\hspace{0.17em}the\hspace{0.17em}denominators\hspace{0.17em}to\hspace{0.17em}determine\hspace{0.17em}if\hspace{0.17em}they're\hspace{0.17em}the\hspace{0.17em}same}\text{.}\\ \\ \frac{3{x}^{2}+4x+5}{\left(x+6\right)\left(x-2\right)}+\frac{2{x}^{2}+x+6}{\left(x+6\right)\left(x-2\right)}-\frac{{x}^{2}-4x-6}{\left(x+6\right)\left(x-2\right)}\\ \\ \text{The\hspace{0.17em}denominators\hspace{0.17em}are\hspace{0.17em}the\hspace{0.17em}same}\text{.\hspace{0.17em}Combine\hspace{0.17em}the\hspace{0.17em}numerators\hspace{0.17em}being\hspace{0.17em}careful\hspace{0.17em}to\hspace{0.17em}note\hspace{0.17em}the\hspace{0.17em}negative\hspace{0.17em}sign}\text{.}\\ \\ \frac{3{x}^{2}+4x+5+2{x}^{2}+x+6-\left({x}^{2}-4x+6\right)}{\left(x+6\right)\left(x-2\right)}\\ \\ \frac{3{x}^{2}+4x+5+2{x}^{2}+x+6-{x}^{2}+4x+6}{\left(x+6\right)\left(x-2\right)}\\ \\ \frac{4{x}^{2}+9x+17}{\left(x+6\right)\left(x-2\right)}\end{array}$

## Practice set a

Add or Subtract the following rational expressions.

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

$\frac{2}{3}$

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

$\frac{5}{b}$

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

## Sample set b

Add or Subtract the following rational expressions.

$\begin{array}{lll}\frac{4a}{3y}+\frac{2a}{9{y}^{2}}.\hfill & \hfill & \text{The\hspace{0.17em}denominators\hspace{0.17em}are\hspace{0.17em}}not\text{\hspace{0.17em}the\hspace{0.17em}same}\text{.}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{Find}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{the}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{LCD}\text{.}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{By}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{inspection,}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{the}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{LCD}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{is}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}9{y}^{2}.\hfill \\ \frac{}{9{y}^{2}}+\frac{2a}{9{y}^{2}}\hfill & \hfill & \begin{array}{l}\text{The}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{denominator}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{of}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{the}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{first}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{rational}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{expression}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{has}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{been}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{multiplied}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{by}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}3y,\hfill \\ \text{so}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{the}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{numerator}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{must}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{be}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{multiplied}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{by}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}3y.\hfill \\ 4a·3y=12ay\hfill \end{array}\hfill \\ \frac{12ay}{9{y}^{2}}+\frac{2a}{9{y}^{2}}\hfill & \hfill & \text{The}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{denominators}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{are}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{now}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{the}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{same}\text{.\hspace{0.17em}Add}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{the}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{numerators}\text{.}\hfill \\ \frac{12ay+2a}{9{y}^{2}}\hfill & \hfill & \hfill \end{array}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$

$\begin{array}{llll}\frac{3b}{b+2}+\frac{5b}{b-3}.\hfill & \hfill & \begin{array}{l}\text{The}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{denominators}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{are}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}not\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{the}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{same}\text{.\hspace{0.17em}The}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{LCD}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{is}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\left(b+2\right)\left(b-3\right).\hfill \\ \hfill \end{array}\hfill & \hfill \\ \frac{}{\left(b+2\right)\left(b-3\right)}+\frac{}{\left(b+2\right)\left(b-3\right)}\hfill & \hfill & \begin{array}{l}\text{The}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{denominator}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{of}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{the}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{first}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{rational}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{expression}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{has}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{been}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{multiplied}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{by}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}b-3,\hfill \\ \text{so}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{the}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{numerator}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{must}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{be}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{multiplied}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{by}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}b-3.\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}3b\left(b-3\right)\hfill \end{array}\hfill & \hfill \\ \frac{3b\left(b-3\right)}{\left(b+2\right)\left(b-3\right)}+\frac{}{\left(b+2\right)\left(b-3\right)}\hfill & \hfill & \begin{array}{l}\text{The}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{denominator}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{of}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{the}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{second}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{rational}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{expression}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{has}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{been}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{multiplied}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{by}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}b+2,\hfill \\ \text{so}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{the}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{numerator}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{must}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{be}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{multiplied}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{by}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}b+2.\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}5b\left(b+2\right)\hfill \end{array}\hfill & \hfill \\ \frac{3b\left(b-3\right)}{\left(b+2\right)\left(b-3\right)}+\frac{5b\left(b+2\right)}{\left(b+2\right)\left(b-3\right)}\hfill & \hfill & \begin{array}{l}\text{The}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{denominators}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{are}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{now}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{the}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{same}\text{.\hspace{0.17em}Add}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{the}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{numerators}\text{.}\hfill \\ \hfill \end{array}\hfill & \hfill \\ \frac{3b\left(b-3\right)+5b\left(b+2\right)}{\left(b-3\right)\left(b+2\right)}\hfill & =\hfill & \frac{3{b}^{2}-9b+5{b}^{2}+10b}{\left(b-3\right)\left(b+2\right)}\hfill & \hfill \\ \hfill & =\hfill & \frac{8{b}^{2}+b}{\left(b-3\right)\left(b-2\right)}\hfill & \hfill \end{array}$

$\begin{array}{llll}\frac{x+3}{x-1}+\frac{x-2}{4x+4}.\hfill & \hfill & \hfill & \begin{array}{l}\text{The\hspace{0.17em}denominators\hspace{0.17em}are\hspace{0.17em}}not\text{\hspace{0.17em}the\hspace{0.17em}same}\text{.}\hfill \\ \text{Find\hspace{0.17em}the\hspace{0.17em}LCD}\text{.}\hfill \end{array}\hfill \\ \frac{x+3}{x-1}+\frac{x-2}{4\left(x+1\right)}\hfill & \hfill & \hfill & \text{The\hspace{0.17em}LCD\hspace{0.17em}is\hspace{0.17em}}\left(x+1\right)\left(x-1\right)\hfill \\ \frac{}{4\left(x+1\right)\left(x-1\right)}+\frac{}{4\left(x+1\right)\left(x-1\right)}\hfill & \hfill & \hfill & \begin{array}{l}\text{The\hspace{0.17em}denominator\hspace{0.17em}of\hspace{0.17em}the\hspace{0.17em}first\hspace{0.17em}rational\hspace{0.17em}expression\hspace{0.17em}has\hspace{0.17em}been\hspace{0.17em}multiplied\hspace{0.17em}by\hspace{0.17em}}4\left(x+1\right)\text{\hspace{0.17em}so\hspace{0.17em}}\hfill \\ \text{the\hspace{0.17em}numerator\hspace{0.17em}must\hspace{0.17em}be\hspace{0.17em}multiplied\hspace{0.17em}by\hspace{0.17em}}4\left(x+1\right).\text{\hspace{0.17em}}4\left(x+3\right)\left(x+1\right)\hfill \end{array}\hfill \\ \frac{4\left(x+3\right)\left(x+1\right)}{4\left(x+1\right)\left(x-1\right)}+\frac{}{4\left(x+1\right)\left(x-1\right)}\hfill & \hfill & \hfill & \begin{array}{l}\text{The\hspace{0.17em}denominator\hspace{0.17em}of\hspace{0.17em}the\hspace{0.17em}second\hspace{0.17em}rational\hspace{0.17em}expression\hspace{0.17em}has\hspace{0.17em}been\hspace{0.17em}multiplied\hspace{0.17em}by\hspace{0.17em}}x-1\hfill \\ \text{so\hspace{0.17em}the\hspace{0.17em}numerator\hspace{0.17em}must\hspace{0.17em}be\hspace{0.17em}multiplied\hspace{0.17em}by\hspace{0.17em}}x-1.\left(x-1\right)\left(x-2\right)\hfill \end{array}\hfill \\ \frac{4\left(x+3\right)\left(x+1\right)}{4\left(x+1\right)\left(x-1\right)}+\frac{\left(x-1\right)\left(x-2\right)}{4\left(x+1\right)\left(x-1\right)}\hfill & \hfill & \hfill & \begin{array}{l}\text{The\hspace{0.17em}denominators\hspace{0.17em}are\hspace{0.17em}now\hspace{0.17em}the\hspace{0.17em}same.}\hfill \\ \text{Add\hspace{0.17em}the\hspace{0.17em}numerators.}\hfill \end{array}\hfill \\ \frac{4\left(x+3\right)\left(x+1\right)+\left(x-1\right)\left(x-2\right)}{4\left(x+1\right)\left(x-1\right)}\hfill & \hfill & \hfill & \hfill \\ \frac{4\left({x}^{2}+4x+3\right)+{x}^{2}-3x+2}{4\left(x+1\right)\left(x-1\right)}\hfill & \hfill & \hfill & \hfill \\ \frac{4{x}^{2}+16x+12+{x}^{2}-3x+2}{4\left(x+1\right)\left(x-1\right)}\hfill & =\hfill & \frac{5{x}^{2}+13x+14}{4\left(x+1\right)\left(x-1\right)}\hfill & \hfill \end{array}$

$\begin{array}{lll}\frac{x+5}{{x}^{2}-7x+12}+\frac{3x-1}{{x}^{2}-2x-3}\hfill & \hfill & \text{Determine}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{the}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{LCD}\text{.}\hfill \\ \frac{x+5}{\left(x-4\right)\left(x-3\right)}+\frac{3x-1}{\left(x-3\right)\left(x+1\right)}\hfill & \hfill & \text{The}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{LCD}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{is}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\left(x-4\right)\left(x-3\right)\left(x+1\right).\hfill \\ \frac{}{\left(x-4\right)\left(x-3\right)\left(x+1\right)}+\frac{}{\left(x-4\right)\left(x-3\right)\left(x+1\right)}\hfill & \hfill & \text{The}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{first}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{numerator}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{must}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{be}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{multiplied}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{by}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}x+1\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{and}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{the}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{second}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{by}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}x-4.\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\hfill \\ \frac{\left(x+5\right)\left(x+1\right)}{\left(x-4\right)\left(x-3\right)\left(x+1\right)}+\frac{\left(3x-1\right)\left(x-4\right)}{\left(x-4\right)\left(x-3\right)\left(x+1\right)}\hfill & \hfill & \text{The}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{denominators}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{are}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{now}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{the}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{same}\text{.}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{Add}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{the}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{numerators}\text{.}\hfill \\ \frac{\left(x+5\right)\left(x+1\right)+\left(3x-1\right)\left(x-4\right)}{\left(x-4\right)\left(x-3\right)\left(x+1\right)}\hfill & \hfill & \hfill \\ \frac{{x}^{2}+6x+5+3{x}^{2}-13x+4}{\left(x-4\right)\left(x-3\right)\left(x+1\right)}\hfill & \hfill & \hfill \\ \frac{4{x}^{2}-7x+9}{\left(x-4\right)\left(x-3\right)\left(x+1\right)}\hfill & \hfill & \hfill \end{array}$

$\begin{array}{lll}\frac{a+4}{{a}^{2}+5a+6}-\frac{a-4}{{a}^{2}-5a-24}\hfill & \hfill & \text{Determine\hspace{0.17em}the\hspace{0.17em}LCD.}\hfill \\ \frac{a+4}{\left(a+3\right)\left(a+2\right)}-\frac{a-4}{\left(a+3\right)\left(a-8\right)}\hfill & \hfill & \text{The\hspace{0.17em}LCD\hspace{0.17em}is\hspace{0.17em}}\left(a+3\right)\left(a+2\right)\left(a-8\right).\hfill \\ \frac{}{\left(a+3\right)\left(a+2\right)\left(a-8\right)}-\frac{}{\left(a+3\right)\left(a+2\right)\left(a-8\right)}\hfill & \hfill & \text{The\hspace{0.17em}first\hspace{0.17em}numerator\hspace{0.17em}must\hspace{0.17em}be\hspace{0.17em}multiplied\hspace{0.17em}by\hspace{0.17em}}a-8\text{\hspace{0.17em}and\hspace{0.17em}the\hspace{0.17em}second\hspace{0.17em}by\hspace{0.17em}}a+2.\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\hfill \\ \frac{\left(a+4\right)\left(a-8\right)}{\left(a+3\right)\left(a+2\right)\left(a-8\right)}-\frac{\left(a-4\right)\left(a+2\right)}{\left(a+3\right)\left(a+2\right)\left(a-8\right)}\hfill & \hfill & \text{The\hspace{0.17em}denominators\hspace{0.17em}are\hspace{0.17em}now\hspace{0.17em}the\hspace{0.17em}same}\text{.\hspace{0.17em}Subtract\hspace{0.17em}the\hspace{0.17em}numerators}\text{.\hspace{0.17em}}\hfill \\ \frac{\left(a+4\right)\left(a-8\right)-\left(a-4\right)\left(a+2\right)}{\left(a+3\right)\left(a+2\right)\left(a-8\right)}\hfill & \hfill & \hfill \\ \frac{{a}^{2}-4a-32-\left({a}^{2}-2a-8\right)}{\left(a+3\right)\left(a+2\right)\left(a-8\right)}\hfill & \hfill & \hfill \\ \frac{{a}^{2}-4a-32-{a}^{2}+2a+8}{\left(a+3\right)\left(a+2\right)\left(a-8\right)}\hfill & \hfill & \hfill \\ \frac{-2a-24}{\left(a+3\right)\left(a+2\right)\left(a-8\right)}\hfill & \hfill & \text{Factor\hspace{0.17em}}-2\text{\hspace{0.17em}from\hspace{0.17em}the\hspace{0.17em}numerator}\text{.\hspace{0.17em}}\hfill \\ \frac{-2\left(a+12\right)}{\left(a+3\right)\left(a+2\right)\left(a-8\right)}\hfill & \hfill & \hfill \end{array}$

$\begin{array}{lllll}\frac{3x}{7-x}+\frac{5x}{x-7}.\hfill & \hfill & \hfill & \hfill & \begin{array}{l}\text{The\hspace{0.17em}denominators\hspace{0.17em}are}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}nearly\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\text{the\hspace{0.17em}same.}\text{\hspace{0.17em}They\hspace{0.17em}differ\hspace{0.17em}only\hspace{0.17em}in\hspace{0.17em}sign.}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\hfill \\ \text{Our\hspace{0.17em}technique\hspace{0.17em}is\hspace{0.17em}to\hspace{0.17em}factor\hspace{0.17em}}-1\text{\hspace{0.17em}from\hspace{0.17em}one\hspace{0.17em}of\hspace{0.17em}them.}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\hfill \end{array}\hfill \\ \frac{3x}{7-x}=\frac{3x}{-\left(x-7\right)}\hfill & =\hfill & \frac{-3x}{x-7}\hfill & \hfill & \text{Factor\hspace{0.17em}}-1\text{\hspace{0.17em}from\hspace{0.17em}the\hspace{0.17em}first\hspace{0.17em}term}\text{.\hspace{0.17em}}\hfill \\ \frac{3x}{7-x}+\frac{5x}{x-7}\hfill & =\hfill & \frac{-3x}{x-7}+\frac{5x}{x-7}\hfill & \hfill & \hfill \\ \hfill & =\hfill & \frac{-3x+5x}{x-7}\hfill & \hfill & \hfill \\ \hfill & =\hfill & \frac{2x}{x-7}\hfill & \hfill & \hfill \end{array}$

## Practice set b

Add or Subtract the following rational expressions.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

## Sample set c

Combine the following rational expressions.

$\begin{array}{lllll}3+\frac{7}{x-1}.\hfill & \hfill & \hfill & \hfill & \text{Rewrite\hspace{0.17em}the\hspace{0.17em}expression.}\hfill \\ \frac{3}{1}+\frac{7}{x-1}\hfill & \hfill & \hfill & \hfill & \text{The\hspace{0.17em}LCD\hspace{0.17em}is\hspace{0.17em}}x-1.\hfill \\ \frac{3\left(x-1\right)}{x-1}+\frac{7}{x-1}\hfill & =\hfill & \frac{3x-3}{x-1}+\frac{7}{x-1}\hfill & =\hfill & \frac{3x-3+7}{x-1}\hfill \\ \hfill & \hfill & \hfill & =\hfill & \frac{3x+4}{x-1}\hfill \end{array}$

$\begin{array}{llll}3y+4-\frac{{y}^{2}-y+3}{y-6}.\hfill & \hfill & \hfill & \text{Rewrite\hspace{0.17em}the\hspace{0.17em}expression.}\hfill \\ \frac{3y+4}{1}-\frac{{y}^{2}-y+3}{y-6}\hfill & \hfill & \hfill & \text{The\hspace{0.17em}LCD\hspace{0.17em}is\hspace{0.17em}}y-6.\hfill \\ \frac{\left(3y+4\right)\left(y-6\right)}{y-6}-\frac{{y}^{2}-y+3}{y-6}\hfill & =\hfill & \frac{\left(3y+4\right)\left(y-6\right)-\left({y}^{2}-y+3\right)}{y-6}\hfill & \hfill \\ \hfill & =\hfill & \frac{3{y}^{2}-14y-24-{y}^{2}+y-3}{y-6}\hfill & \hfill \\ \hfill & =\hfill & \frac{2{y}^{2}-13y-27}{y-6}\hfill & \hfill \end{array}$

## Practice set c

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

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

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

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

## Exercises

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

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

$\frac{1}{2}$

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

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

$\frac{3}{10}$

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

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

$\frac{2}{x}$

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

## Exercises for review

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

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

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

( [link] ) Construct the graph of $y=-2x+4.$

( [link] ) Find the product: $\frac{{x}^{2}-3x-4}{{x}^{2}+6x+5}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}·\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\frac{{x}^{2}+5x+6}{{x}^{2}-2x-8}.$

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

$\left(x+3\right)\left(x-2\right)$

#### Questions & Answers

Application of nanotechnology in medicine
what is variations in raman spectra for nanomaterials
Jyoti Reply
I only see partial conversation and what's the question here!
Crow Reply
what about nanotechnology for water purification
RAW Reply
please someone correct me if I'm wrong but I think one can use nanoparticles, specially silver nanoparticles for water treatment.
Damian
yes that's correct
Professor
I think
Professor
what is the stm
Brian Reply
is there industrial application of fullrenes. What is the method to prepare fullrene on large scale.?
Rafiq
industrial application...? mmm I think on the medical side as drug carrier, but you should go deeper on your research, I may be wrong
Damian
How we are making nano material?
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what is a peer
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What is meant by 'nano scale'?
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What is STMs full form?
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scanning tunneling microscope
Sahil
how nano science is used for hydrophobicity
Santosh
Do u think that Graphene and Fullrene fiber can be used to make Air Plane body structure the lightest and strongest. Rafiq
Rafiq
what is differents between GO and RGO?
Mahi
what is simplest way to understand the applications of nano robots used to detect the cancer affected cell of human body.? How this robot is carried to required site of body cell.? what will be the carrier material and how can be detected that correct delivery of drug is done Rafiq
Rafiq
if virus is killing to make ARTIFICIAL DNA OF GRAPHENE FOR KILLED THE VIRUS .THIS IS OUR ASSUMPTION
Anam
analytical skills graphene is prepared to kill any type viruses .
Anam
what is Nano technology ?
Bob Reply
write examples of Nano molecule?
Bob
The nanotechnology is as new science, to scale nanometric
brayan
nanotechnology is the study, desing, synthesis, manipulation and application of materials and functional systems through control of matter at nanoscale
Damian
Is there any normative that regulates the use of silver nanoparticles?
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what king of growth are you checking .?
Renato
What fields keep nano created devices from performing or assimulating ? Magnetic fields ? Are do they assimilate ?
Stoney Reply
why we need to study biomolecules, molecular biology in nanotechnology?
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Kyle
yes I'm doing my masters in nanotechnology, we are being studying all these domains as well..
Adin
why?
Adin
what school?
Kyle
biomolecules are e building blocks of every organics and inorganic materials.
Joe
anyone know any internet site where one can find nanotechnology papers?
Damian Reply
research.net
kanaga
sciencedirect big data base
Ernesto
Introduction about quantum dots in nanotechnology
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hi
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what does nano mean?
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nano basically means 10^(-9). nanometer is a unit to measure length.
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how did you get the value of 2000N.What calculations are needed to arrive at it
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