solve and check for extraneous answers
5/(x^3+5x^2)=4/(x+5)+1/(x^2)

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solve and check for extraneous answers
5/(x^3+5x^2)=4/(x+5)+1/(x^2)

anonymous · Answer

I need to solve the denominator out of it to become the numerator, need help to do so.

anonymous · Answer

I need to find the greatest common denominator, which I am having difficulty successfully doing so. Is it x^3+5x^2+x+5, the greatest of all x exponent numbers?

anonymous · Answer

@campbell_st 
could you possibly help me with this, after you're done with your current?

anonymous · Answer

do you need a drawing for it if all the ()'s were hard to read through?

campbell_st · Answer

it makes sense

ok... so looking at the left hand side, the denominator factors to x^2(x + 5)

you need to multiply every term by that... 

then you will have a quadratic equation to solve... 

hope it helps

anonymous · Answer

thank you!