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OpenStudy (anonymous):

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

reduce to lowest terms

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

the answer is 5

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the answer five does not work when i insert it into the problem

OpenStudy (anonymous):

well try it again

OpenStudy (ivettef365):

first solve the fractions, for example you have 5 1 5 + 1(a) 5 + a ---- + ---- = --------- = -------- a 1 a a

OpenStudy (ivettef365):

then solve the other fraction on the bottom as follows: a 5 a(a) -5(5) a^2 - 25 (a+5)(a-5) ---- - ----- = ---------- = --------- = ----------- 5 a 5a 5a 5a

OpenStudy (anonymous):

possible answers:

OpenStudy (ivettef365):

now you can multiply as follows: 5 + a 5a ----- x --------- a (a+5)(a-5) now cancel a+5 and the a from 5a

OpenStudy (ivettef365):

what do you have left

OpenStudy (anonymous):

is the asnwer -a/5

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[\frac{ \frac{ 5 }{a }+1 }{\frac{ a }{ 5 }-\frac{ 5 }{ a } }\] \[\frac{ \frac{25+5a }{5a } }{\frac{ a ^{2}-25}{ 5a } }\] \[==\frac{ 25+5a }{ 5a }*\frac{ 5a }{a ^{2}-25 }=\frac{ 5\left( 5+a \right) }{ \left( a+5 \right)\left( a-5 \right) }\] \[=\frac{ 5 }{ a-5 }\]

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