Question

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

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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?

Answer 3

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

Answer 4

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

Answer 5

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

Answer 6

thank you!