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when you add a fraction and you have something like this: 4 2 ---- - ------ 7 7

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how would you solve that ?

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2/7

OpenStudy (ivettef365):

ok, do the same thing on the problem you have, the common denominator is a^2-4

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just subtract the top and you have 4a + 1 -(2a+7)

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4a+1-2a-7

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combine like terms

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your answer is correct, because it cannot be simplified any more

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