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For the first question: \[\frac{ x-5 }{ 2x }+\frac{ x+1 }{ 2x }\] In order to add the fractions, we have to use a property called "common denominator" wich says that if we can make the denominators equal, we can add the numerators as if they were only numbers, common denominator says: \[\frac{ a }{ b }+\frac{ c }{ d }=\frac{ (ad+cb) }{ bd }\] The mathematical expression of "common denominator" says that if I multiply the numerator and denominator by the denominator of the neighbor fraction, I can make a newer fraction wich represents the sum of the initial fractions. Applying that to the problem: \[\frac{ x-5 }{ 2x }+\frac{ x+1 }{ 2x }\] The only multiplication to make them equal is multiplying by 1 since the denominators are already the same: \[\frac{ (x-5+x+1) }{ 2x }\] Using an algebraic property that allows me to add variables taking common factor and of course arithmetical definitions taht operates numbers, we end up with something like this: \[\frac{ ((1+1)x-4) }{ 2x }\] using the same arithmetical definitions for sum, we operate the interior of that parethesis and multiply by the variable: \[\frac{ 2x-4 }{ 2x }\] And that concludes the exercise.
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