Add+Subtract Rational Expressions
Homework ???????????????Grade?8 Name:?___________________________________________ Date:?__________ The?LCM?of?two?rational?algebraic?expressions?is?often?used?to?add?or?subtract?the?two? expressions.?The?method?used?is?to?identify?all?common?factors?in?the?denominator?of? the?expressions,?and?multiply?the?numerators?by?the?uncommon?factors?(exactly?like?you? would?for?non?algebraic?fractions).? Add?or?subtract?the?following?expressions,?by?first?finding?the?LCD. 1. ????a???+????????a?+?x??????+???ax????? ???????????x???a?????x2?+?ax?+?a2??????x3???a3 2. ??1?????+??????5?????+???? ??x? ??????? ?? ???????????x?+?1????4x?+?4????x2???1 ?? 3. ????1?????+?????2x??????+???3x????+????x??????? ??????????3x???3??????(x???1)2???x?+?1?????(x?+?1)2?