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OpenStudy (anonymous):

11n-14 over 19

OpenStudy (debbieg):

What are you supposed to do with it? What is the problem asking for?

OpenStudy (debbieg):

\[\Large \frac{ 11n-14 }{ 19 }\] Now what? :)

hero (hero):

\[\frac{11n - 14}{19} = \frac{11n}{19} - \frac{14}{19}\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Maybe you could multiply by 19 so it becomes 206n-266=0

OpenStudy (anonymous):

You add on both sides 266 and you divide them by 206.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

it says write each fraction as a sum or difference the numbers are 11n-14 over 19, im in algerbra 1 (sorry for the missspelling)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Then you know n.

OpenStudy (debbieg):

@L-Lawliet-L , there aren't two sides! It's just an expression, it wasn't presented to us as an equation.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

O.K.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so anyone because im sooo confused

hero (hero):

The fraction I wrote expresses a difference

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yes, I agree with Hero.

OpenStudy (debbieg):

You have a fraction that has a difference in the numerator, and a single term in the denominator. This is basically asking you to "undo" the subtraction, over an LCD. Remember how you add/subtract fractions with an LCD: \[\Large \frac{ y }{ 3 }+\frac{ 4 }{ 3 }=\frac{ y+4 }{ 3 }\] Here, you are just going from "right to left" - rewriting the sum/difference as two fractions.

OpenStudy (debbieg):

Yes, @Hero handed you the answer. I am explaining to you how the problem is done, so that you can do the next one on your own.

hero (hero):

I wouldn't say that I handed her anything. I didn't even know what the question was to begin with.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

That is why I thought it was an equation.

OpenStudy (debbieg):

@L-Lawliet-L equations have "=" signs. And at any rate, if you set the expression=0 and then multiply by 19, it definitely does NOT become 206n-266=0... just fyi. @hero, I was trying to get at what the problem was, as you could see.

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