How do you simplify $\frac { 5y - 10+ 4y } { ( y + 10) ( y + 2) }$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-01-31T22:51:37

$(9y-10)/((y+10)(y+2))$

The 5y and 4y add up to 9y. I really can't find anything else to simplify after that.

How do you simplify \frac { 5y - 10+ 4y } { ( y + 10) ( y + 2) }\frac { 5y - 10+ 4y } { ( y + 10) ( y + 2) }?