Question

How do you combine `7/(x-5) - (2+x)/(x-5)`?

Answer 1

`-1`

Explanation:

Since the denominators are the same, we just subtract the numerators to get:

`(5-x)/(x-5)`

A few things will cancel here:

`(cancel5-1cancelx)/(cancelxcancel(-5))`

We are just left `-1`

Hope this helps!