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Chapter 7: Q.488. (page 742)

Perform the indicated operation and simplify.
$\frac{- 3 a}{3 a - 3} + \frac{5 a}{a^{2} + 3 a - 4}$

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The solution is $\frac{- a}{a + 4}$ .

Step by step solution

Step 1. Given information.

The given expression is $\frac{- 3 a}{3 a - 3} + \frac{5 a}{a^{2} + 3 a - 4}$ .

Step 2. Simplify the expression.

$\frac{- 3 a}{3 a - 3} + \frac{5 a}{a^{2} + 3 a - 4} = \frac{- 3 a}{3 (a - 1)} + \frac{5 a}{a^{2} + 4 a - a - 4} \frac{- 3 a}{3 a - 3} + \frac{5 a}{a^{2} + 3 a - 4} = \frac{- a}{a - 1} + \frac{5 a}{a (a + 4) - 1 (a + 4)} \frac{- 3 a}{3 a - 3} + \frac{5 a}{a^{2} + 3 a - 4} = \frac{- a}{a - 1} + \frac{5 a}{(a - 1) (a + 4)} \frac{- 3 a}{3 a - 3} + \frac{5 a}{a^{2} + 3 a - 4} = \frac{- a (a + 4) + 5 a}{(a - 1) (a + 4)} \frac{- 3 a}{3 a - 3} + \frac{5 a}{a^{2} + 3 a - 4} = \frac{- a^{2} - 4 a + 5 a}{(a - 1) (a + 4)} \frac{- 3 a}{3 a - 3} + \frac{5 a}{a^{2} + 3 a - 4} = \frac{- a^{2} + a}{(a - 1) (a + 4)} \frac{- 3 a}{3 a - 3} + \frac{5 a}{a^{2} + 3 a - 4} = \frac{- a (a - 1)}{(a - 1) (a + 4)} (R e m o v e t h e c o m m o n f a c t o r) \frac{- 3 a}{3 a - 3} + \frac{5 a}{a^{2} + 3 a - 4} = \frac{- a}{a + 4}$

Step 3. Simplified answer.

Hence, the simplified expression is $\frac{- a}{a + 4}$ .

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Perform the indicated operation and simplify.
$\frac{- 3 a}{3 a - 3} + \frac{5 a}{a^{2} + 3 a - 4}$

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Step 3. Simplified answer.

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Perform the indicated operation and simplify.-3a3a-3+5aa2+3a-4

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Perform the indicated operation and simplify.
$\frac{- 3 a}{3 a - 3} + \frac{5 a}{a^{2} + 3 a - 4}$