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How do you simplify $\frac{5}{x + 2} - \frac{9}{x + 2}$ $5/(x+2)-9/(x+2)$ ?

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Oct 18, 2015

$\frac{- 4}{x + 2}$ $(-4)/(x+2)$

Explanation:

Since the denominators are the same, we may simply add the numerators to obtain $\frac{- 4}{x + 2}$ $(-4)/(x+2)$

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