Can anyone check this question?

Add and simplify: 2x+10 over(x+5) + x over x+5

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Can anyone check this question?

Add and simplify:  2x+10  over(x+5) + x over x+5

anonymous · Answer

Are you asking to check your answer, or are you asking whether the question can be worked?

anonymous · Answer

I think it's 2/5  x ≠ −5 and the picture is the answer options and equations

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

and I was hoping you could check my answer

anonymous · Answer

ok. Hang on a second.  Let me go back and see the problem again.

anonymous · Answer

Hmmm...I get something different.  You cannot cancel out the x's in the fraction once you have combined the numerators.

anonymous · Answer

what'd you get?

anonymous · Answer

Well, if you cannot cancel out the x's, you get $$\frac{(x+2) }{ (x+5) }$$ and $$x \neq-5$$

anonymous · Answer

what would you need to do to get the -5 to 0?

anonymous · Answer

What the statement means is that you cannot use -5 for x, because if you do, substituting -5 into the problem will result in a denominator of 0, which you cannot have.

anonymous · Answer

oh I see.. thank you!