#Forgot how to simplify fractions

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static plankBOT
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vivid grove
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pretty sure the 5x-7 cancel out but then it just dont make sense i genuinely forgot 💔

winter citrus
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Start by bringing the fractions to a common denominator.

vivid grove
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oh yeah that was it so

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id times the other side by x+1 then

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so like that

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winter citrus
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What other side? This isn't an equation, it's just an expression. Only one side.

winter citrus
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So, since the denominators are now the same, you can add or subtract the numerators.

vivid grove
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so that would be it

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i can also just express it but i think the answer would still be accepted

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that right?

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yeah thats it alr thanks