Question

x^2 + 2x/ 12x + 54 - 3 - x/ 8x + 36

Answer 1

You might want to add some parentheses to distinguish the numerator from the denominator

Answer 2

(x^2 + 2x)/ (12x + 54) - (3 - x) / (8x + 36) sorry didn't think of it earlier

Answer 3

Have you tried factoring the numerators and denominators yet?

Answer 4

Yes, I made them into 6(2x + 9) and 4(2x + 9)

Answer 5

So what happens if you multiply the first fraction by 4/4 and the second fraction by 6/6 ?

Answer 6

I had it down to (2x^2 + x -9)/(12(2x - 19)) but then I didn't know if i had to factor 2x^2 + x - 9 or not because it was a trinomial

Answer 7

I think I may have lost you

Answer 8

er, here's my work. i'll type it out

Answer 9

I was trying to avoid typing too much