How do you combine (x-1)/x-(t+1)/t?

1 Answer
Jul 10, 2016

-(t+x)/(tx)

Explanation:

To combine them you must have a denominator that is divisible by both t and x. The most obvious one it tx

Consider (x-1)/x

Multiply by 1 but in the form of 1=t/t

(x-1)/x xx t/t = (t(x-1))/(tx) = (tx-t)/(tx)

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Consider (t+1)/t

Multiply by 1 but in the form of 1=x/x

(t+1)/x xx x/x=(x(t+1))/(tx) = (tx+x)/(tx)

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Putting it all together

(tx-t)/(tx) - (tx+x)/(tx)" " =" " (cancel(tx)-t-cancel(tx)-x)/(tx)

(-t-x)/(tx)" " =" " (-(t+x))/(tx)" " =" " -(t+x)/(tx)