The answer is 17/25. Hope this helps! :) I know how you feel!
Same case as Pablo's, more or less.
a = price for the desktop
b = price for the laptop
we know the laptop is 150 bucks more than the desktop,
b = a + 150.
how much is 7% of a? (7/100) * a, 0.07a.
how much is 9.5% of b? (9.5/100) * b, 0.095b.
total interests for the financing add up to 303,
0.07a + 0.095b = 303.

how much was it for the laptop? well b = a + 150.
Let x = Darlene's dog's weightlet y = Leah's dog's weight x = 5yx + y = 84 so, 5y + y = 84, which means 6y = 84 so, y = 84/6 = 14x = 5(14) = 70 Darlene's dog = 70 lbs, Leah's dog = 14 lbs.<span> </span>
The answer is (a). hopefully this answers your question
When adding/subtracting fractions you need a common denominator, but you already have one, which is x-3. So in general:
a/c-b/c=(a-b)/c so you just have:
(2x-6)/(x-3) now if you factor 2 from the numerator
2(x-3)/(x-3) the (x-3)s cancel out leaving
2
However! Note that division by zero is undefined, so x cannot equal 3. (because both original fractions had denominators of x-3)
What this all means is that that expression will equal 2 for all real values of x other than 3.