Question

write as a single fraction
1+(3)/x+2

Answer 1

Is the question \[1+\frac{3}{x+2}\]?

Answer 2

yeah

Answer 3

\[1+\frac{3}{x+2}\]\[=\frac{x+2}{x+2}+\frac{3}{x+2}\]\[=\frac{(x+2)+3}{x+2}\]\[=...?\]

Answer 4

(x+5)/x+2. but cant that simplify into 5/2 thusly making it 2 (1)/2

Answer 5

?

Answer 6

Nope, you cannot :|

Answer 7

You can't cancel the unknowns like that..

Answer 8

so itd just be (x+5)/x+2?

Answer 9

Yup!

Answer 10

sweet!!

Answer 11

@Callisto, but isn't this correct?: \(\large \frac{x+5}{x+5}=\frac{\cancel x+5}{\cancel x+5}=\frac{5}{5}=1 \) ????
:)

Answer 12

Of course not.
Shouldn't it be:
\[\large \frac{x+5}{x+5}=\frac{\cancel {x+5}}{\cancel {x+5}}=1\]???