How do you solve #1/2x + 3/(x+7) = -1/x #?
1 Answer
Dec 16, 2017
Explanation:
You have to get a common denominator, in this case, it would be
This gives you
Since the denominators are now all the same, they can be ignored:
When you combine like terms and put everything on the same side, you get
From here, since it doesn't factor easily, I would recommend you solve it graphically if you are allowed to. graph{x^3+7x^2+8x+14 [-81.04, 81.1, -40.6, 40.46]}