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lindseyharrison Group Title What is the simplified form of x/3 - y/4 all over x/4 + y/3 one year ago one year ago Edit Question Delete Cancel Submit

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Hint: add the two fractions you have in the numerator (and then in the denominator) and then use the reciprocal rule to divide the results

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4x - 3y/3x + 4y? @barrycarter

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You can always doublecheck your answers at wolframalpha.com, but that sounds right... multiplying both numerator and denominator by 3*4=12 would also have worked

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since simplifying top then bottom will result in fraction you mulitply by reciprocal

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${\frac {4\,x-3\,y}{3\,x-4\,y}}$

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