How do you simplify \frac{1}{(x+2)}+\frac{-2}{(x-4)}?

1 Answer
Oct 30, 2017

=(-x-8)/((x+2)(x-4))

Explanation:

1/(x+2)+(-2)/(x-4)
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=((x-4)-2 (x+2))/((x+2)(x-4))
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=(x-4-2x-4)/((x+2)(x-4))
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=(-x-8)/((x+2)(x-4))