Introductory Algebra for College Students (7th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-13417-805-X
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Chapter 7 - Section 7.3 - Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions with the Same Denominator - Exercise Set - Page 508: 84

Answer

Doesn't make sense.

Work Step by Step

If you multiply the second expression with $-1$, you have changed the problem. For instance, you want to add $A+B$ and multiply B with -1, you get $A+(-B)=A-B$, which is not equivalent to the problem you started out with. What you want instead, is to multiply B with $1.$ It doesn't change then. When B is a rational expression, you multiply with $\displaystyle \frac{-1}{-1}$, which is 1. In this way you multiply BOTH the numerator and denominator with -1, but you don't change the value of the expression. Doesn't make sense.
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