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

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-25T22:54:45

$-1$

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!

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