Question

Subtract Rational Expression

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Answer 1

$\frac{2x}{(x + 1)(x - 3)} - \frac{5}{(x + 4)(x - 3)}$

$\frac{2x(x + 4) - 5(x + 1)}{(x + 1)(x - 3)(x + 4)}$

$\frac{2x {}^{2} + 8x - 5x - 5}{(x - 1)(x - 3)(x + 4)}$

$\frac{2x {}^{2} + 3x - 5}{(x - 1)(x - 3)(x + 4)}$

$\frac{(2x + 5)(x - 1)}{(x - 1)(x - 3)(x + 4)}$

$\frac{2x + 5}{(x - 3 )(x + 4)}$

$\frac{2x + 5}{x {}^{2} + x - 12}$