Fraction adding: Okay, so if you have two fractions with the same denominator like 2/3 and 1/3 then they are easily added. Just add the numerators together and then keep the denominator. Like this: 2/3 + 1/3 = 3/3 or 1 whole. Here is something for fractions with unlike denominators.
A "rational expression" is a fraction in which the numerator and the denominator are both polynomials. The sum of two such expressions will always produce another such expression, viz.,
<span>p(x)/q(x) + r(x)/s(x) = [p(x)s(x) + q(x)r(x)] / [q(x)*s(x)]. </span>
<span>The numerator and denominator of the sum will both be polynomials when fully expanded</span>
We will start with our guess of 12, since 12*2 = 24.
Divide 24 by 12; 24/12=2. Average this answer with our guess: (12+2)/2=7. This is our new guess.
24/7=3.428571429. Average this with our guess of 7: (3.428571429+7)/2=5.214285715. This is our new guess.
24/5.214285715=4.602739726. Averaging with our guess: (4.602739726+5.214285715)/2=4.90851272. New guess!
24/4.90851272=4.889464766. Averaging with our guess: (4.889464766+4.90851272)/2=4.898988743. New guess! You can see as we go through our guesses are closer and closer to the same number...)
24/4.898988743=4.898970228. Averaging: (4.898970228+4.898988743)/2=4.898979486. At this point our answer is the same every time down to the hundred-thousandth. Our estimate to the nearest hundredth would be 4.90.
Answer:
The answer would be 10,000.
Hope this helps!
5p-9=2p+12
+9 +9
5p= 2p+21
-2p -2p
3p/3=21/3
p=7
