Intermediate Algebra: Connecting Concepts through Application

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 0-53449-636-9
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Chapter 7 - Rational Functions - 7.4 Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions - 7.4 Exercises - Page 589: 29

Answer

$\frac{11}{n-2}$

Work Step by Step

Given \begin{equation} \frac{n+6}{n-2}+\frac{n-5}{2-n}. \end{equation} First rewrite the second fraction: \begin{equation} \frac{n-5}{2-n}= -\frac{n-5}{n-2} \end{equation} Find the LCM of the fractions which is: $\mathbf{L C M}=n-2$. Perform addition: \begin{equation} \begin{aligned} \frac{n+6}{n-2}+\frac{n-5}{2-n}&=\frac{n+6}{n-2}-\frac{n-5}{n-2} \\ &= \frac{n+6-n+5}{n-2}\\ &= \frac{11}{n-2}. \end{aligned} \end{equation} The solution is \begin{equation} \frac{n+6}{n-2}+\frac{n-5}{2-n}=\frac{11}{n-2}. \end{equation}
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