Question

PLEASE HELP!!
simplify the term w^2+2w-24 / w^2+w-30+8 / w-5

Answer 1

what I've done so far is (w+6)(w+4) / (w+1)(w-30) + 8/w-5

Answer 2

Is your equation

\[\frac{ w^2 + 2w -24 }{ w^2 + w -30 } + \frac{ 8 }{ w-5 }\]

Answer 3

yess

Answer 4

If that's the case, the way you broke up

\[w^2 + w - 30 \]

is incorrect.

Answer 5

If you multiply out the way you broke it up

You get

\[w^2 - 29w -30\]

Answer 6

If you fix that, then you should be able to do the problem easily.

Answer 7

w^2 + w - 30 is a part of the question..you still there?

Answer 8

@CanadianAsian

Answer 9

Yes

But the correct factorization is

\[(w+6)(w-5)\]

Answer 10

oooh, I see..so what do I do after that? :)

Answer 11

I cross out w+6 because it's on in denominator and other one? so it would be w+4 / w-5 + 8/w-5? what do I do next? :)

Answer 12

You can add the numerators of fractions with the same denominators.

so it should be

(w+4 +8)/(w-5)