Question

Can someone help or give me the answer to this?

What is the simplified form of the quantity of x plus 8, all over the quantity of 3x plus 7 + the quantity of x plus 7, all over the quantity of x plus 4?

Answer 1

sooo... (X+8)/(3X+7)+(X+7)/(X+4)

Answer 2

this'll get tricky

Answer 3

I recommend graphing it

Answer 4

I'll give u 1 hint.

Answer 5

Try 2 get the denominators equal

Answer 6

x+8 x + 7
------ + ---------
3x+7 x + 4

or in place of plus sign is divide so the firts fraction divided by second fraction - how is right ?

Answer 7

Yes @jhonyy9 that's the correct equation, but how do you solve it?

Answer 8

what will be the common denominator ?

Answer 9

bc you need adding them ,so how you add two fractions - you need to know the denominator common - yes ?

Answer 10

for example for 2 and 5 how get the denominator common when these numbers are denominators of two fractions ?

Answer 11

multiplie them - yes ?

so just use this way in case of your exercise too
so what will get for denominator common ?