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 𝟏 𝟐 𝟏+𝟐 𝟑
+ = = 𝟓
𝟓 𝟓 𝟓

𝟓 𝟒 𝟓𝟏+𝟐(𝟓)+¿𝟖(𝟒) 𝟐𝟓 +𝟑𝟐 𝟓𝟕
+ = = =𝟒𝟎
𝟖 𝟓 𝟓
𝟒𝟎 𝟒𝟎
𝑳𝑪𝑫 𝟓 𝟏𝟎 𝟏𝟓 𝟐𝟎 𝟐𝟓 𝟑𝟎 𝟑𝟓 𝟒𝟎 . ..
𝟖 𝟏𝟔 𝟐𝟒 𝟑𝟐 𝟒𝟎 . . .. . . ..
Example:
𝟓 𝟒
𝟖
+
𝟓= ( ) ( )
𝟓𝟓 𝟒𝟖
+
𝟓𝟖 𝟓𝟖
❑ 𝟎
𝟐𝟓 + 𝟑𝟐
=𝟖
𝟒𝟎𝒙 𝟒𝟎𝟖𝒙
= +¿𝟑𝟐
𝟐𝟓
𝟖𝟒𝟎𝒙
❑
𝟓𝟕
= 𝟖𝒙
𝟒𝟎
 𝟑 𝟕 𝟔𝟏+𝟐
(𝟑)−𝟕(𝟕) 𝟏𝟖 − 𝟒𝟗 − 𝟑𝟏
− = = =
𝟕 𝟔 𝟓
𝟒𝟐 𝟒𝟐 𝟒𝟐
𝑳𝑪𝑫 𝟔 𝟏𝟐 𝟏𝟖 𝟐𝟒 𝟑𝟎 𝟑𝟔 𝟒𝟐 𝟒𝟖 . . .
𝟕 𝟏𝟒𝟐𝟏𝟐𝟖𝟑𝟓𝟒𝟐𝟒𝟗. . .. . . ..
• To add or subtract rational algebraic expression you must
always check the denominator.

• In adding or subtracting rational algebraic with common de

nominator, simply add the numerators and copy the
denominator.

• Always reduce your answer to its simplest form.

 Example:

𝟑 𝟏 𝟏
𝟑 𝟐
𝟏 +¿ 𝟏𝟒𝟐 𝟏𝟐𝟐
+ = = =
𝟔𝒙 𝟔𝒙 𝟓𝒙
𝟔 𝟔𝟓𝒙 𝟑𝟓𝒙
𝐱 𝟐 𝐱 +𝟐 𝐱+𝟐 𝟏
+ 𝟐 =𝒙 − 𝟐
𝐱 −𝟒 𝐱 − 𝟒 𝐱 − 𝟒= (𝐱+𝟐)(𝐱 − 𝟐)
=
𝟐 𝟐
 Example:

𝟒𝒙 𝟔 𝟏
𝟒 +¿
𝒙 𝟐𝟔 𝟐𝟏
) 𝟐
+ =
𝟐 𝒙 +𝟑 𝟐 𝒙 +𝟑 𝟐 𝟓 𝒙+𝟑 = 𝟐𝟓
𝒙+𝟑 = 𝟐

𝒙 𝟐 𝟏
𝒙 𝟐
−𝟐
− =
𝟓 𝒙 +𝟗 𝟓 𝒙+𝟗 𝟓𝟓
𝒙+𝟗
• add or subtract rational algebraic expression you with
different denominator.

• If the denominators are not similar, you have to find the

LCD.

• Always reduce your answer to its simplest form.

 Example:

𝟓
𝒙
−
𝟑
𝟖 = 𝟖𝒙 ()
𝟖 𝟓 − 𝟑𝒙
𝟖𝒙 () 𝟒𝟎−𝟑𝟑𝒙𝒙 𝟒𝟎−𝟑
𝟒𝟎 𝟏 𝒙
=𝟖𝟖𝒙𝒙 𝟖𝟖𝒙𝒙= 𝒙 𝟖−𝒙𝟐

𝟕 𝟐 𝟓 𝟕
+ = +()
𝟐𝟑 𝒙
𝟑 𝒙 𝟓 𝟓 𝟑 𝒙 𝟓𝟑 𝒙 ( ) 𝟑𝟓+𝟔𝟑𝒙𝒙 𝟔 𝒙+𝟑𝟓
𝟒𝟎
=𝟖𝟏𝟓𝒙𝒙 𝟏𝟓
𝟖𝒙 𝒙 = 𝒙
𝟏
𝟏𝟓
− 𝒙
𝟐
 Example:
𝟑 𝟒
+
𝒙 +𝟐 𝒙 − 𝟕= 𝒙 (
𝒙 −𝟕 𝟑
− 𝟕
+) 𝟒 𝒙 +𝟐
𝒙 +𝟐 𝒙 − 𝟕 𝒙 +𝟐( )
𝟒𝟒 𝟎𝟒
(𝟑)( 𝒙 −𝟕) 𝟎 (𝟒)( 𝟎𝟒
𝒙 +𝟐)𝟎
= ( 𝒙 −𝟖𝟕)(𝒙
+
𝟖𝒙𝒙
𝒙 +𝟐)( 𝒙 − 𝟕)( +𝟐)
𝟒𝟒
𝟑 𝒙 −𝟐𝟏𝟎𝟒
+¿ 𝟒 𝒙 𝟎
+𝟖
= ( 𝒙 −𝟖
𝟕)(𝒙𝒙 +𝟐)
𝟒 𝟎𝟒𝟕 𝒙−𝟏𝟑 𝟎
= (𝒙𝟖 − 𝟕)(𝒙
𝒙 +𝟐)
 Example:
𝟕 𝟒
𝒙 +𝟐
−
𝒙−𝟓= 𝒙
(
−𝟓 𝟕
) −
𝟒
(𝒙
𝒙 −𝟓𝒙 +𝟐 𝒙 − 𝟓 𝒙 +𝟐
+𝟐
)
𝟒𝟒 (𝟕)( 𝟎𝟒
𝒙 −𝟓) 𝟎 (𝟒)(𝟎𝟒 𝒙 +𝟐)𝟎
= ( 𝒙 −𝟖𝟓)(𝒙
−
𝒙 +𝟐)( 𝒙 − 𝟓)(𝟖𝒙 +𝟐)
𝒙
𝟒𝟒
𝟕 𝒙 −𝟑𝟓𝟎𝟒 𝟎 𝟒𝟒
− (𝟒 𝒙+𝟖) 𝟕 𝒙 −𝟑𝟓−𝟎𝟒
𝟒 𝒙 −𝟖
= ( 𝒙 −𝟖𝟓)(𝒙𝒙 +𝟐) = (𝒙𝟖 𝒙
−𝟓)(𝒙+𝟐)
𝟒𝟒 𝟎𝟒
𝟑 𝒙 −𝟒𝟑
= (𝒙𝟖 𝒙
−𝟓)(𝒙+𝟐)
• To multiply rational algebraic expression, just
multiply the numerators and multiply the
denominators.

• Simplify the rational algebraic expression if

needed.
Illustrative Example:

( )( )
𝟓
𝒙
𝟑
𝟖
𝟓
𝒙
−
𝟑
𝟖
𝟓
𝒙
−
𝟑
𝟖
Illustrative Example:
NUMERATOR

( )( )
𝟓
𝟐
𝟑
𝟓 =
(𝟓)(𝟑)
𝟒 𝟎 𝟏𝟓
(𝟐)(𝟓)
𝟖𝒙 =
𝟒𝟎 𝟑
𝟖𝟏𝟎
𝒙 =
𝟒𝟎
𝟐
𝟖𝒙

DEMOMINATOR
Example:

( )( )
𝟏
𝟒𝒙 𝟏 (𝟒𝟒𝒙)(𝟏)
𝟎 𝟒𝟒 𝟎𝒙 𝟒𝟏𝟎
𝒚 𝟏𝟐 𝒙 = (𝒚)(𝟏𝟐𝒙)
𝟖𝒙 = 𝟏𝟐𝒙𝒚
𝟖 𝒙 = 𝟑
𝟖 𝒚
𝒙
𝟑
Example:

( )( )
𝟐 𝟑 𝟑
(𝟐)(𝟑)
𝟒𝟎 𝟒𝟔 𝟎 𝟒𝟑𝟎
𝟒𝒌 𝟐𝒌𝟐 =(𝟒𝒌)(𝟐𝒌
𝟖𝒙 𝟐
) = 𝟖𝟖𝒌𝒙𝟑 = 𝟒𝒌
𝟖 𝒙𝟑
𝟒
Example:

( 𝟐
𝐱
𝒙 +𝟒 𝒙 +𝟑 )( 𝐱 +𝟑
𝟒 )= ( 𝐱
( 𝒙+𝟑)( 𝒙 +𝟏)) )( 𝐱+𝟑
𝟒

= ( 𝟒 )𝟏 ) )
((𝒙+
𝐱 𝟏

𝟒
(𝒙)(𝟏)
= 𝟖 𝒙
(𝒙+𝟏)(𝟒)
𝟒𝒙
= 𝟖
𝟒𝟒𝒙
𝒙+𝟒
𝒙
= 𝟖
4( 𝒙
Example:

( 𝒙+𝟕
𝟐 )( 𝟐
𝐱 −𝟓
𝒙 − 𝟐𝟓 𝒙 +𝟏𝟎 𝒙 +𝟐𝟏 ) = ( 𝐱+𝟕
)( 𝐱 −𝟓
(𝒙 − 𝟓)(𝒙 +𝟓) (𝒙+𝟕)(𝒙+𝟑) )
= ( ( )𝟏𝟏
𝒙𝒙+𝟑
+𝟓 )
𝟒
(𝟏)(𝟏)
= 𝟖𝒙
(𝒙+𝟓)(𝒙+𝟑)
𝟒 𝟏
= 𝒙𝟖
𝟐 𝒙
+𝟖 𝒙+𝟏𝟓
• To divide rational algebraic expression, reciprocal the
second rational algebraic expression.

• Then, multiply the numerators.

• Multiply the denominators.

• Simplify the expression if needed.

Illustrative Example:
NUMERATOR

( ) ( )( )( )
𝒘 𝒚 𝒘 𝒛 (𝒘
𝟒)(𝒛)
𝟎 𝒘𝒛
𝟒𝟎
÷ = 𝒙 = 𝟖 𝒙
(𝒙)(𝒚 )
= 𝒙𝒚
𝟖 𝒙
𝒙 𝒛 𝒚
DEMOMINATOR
Illustrative Example:

( ) ( ) ( )( )
𝟐
𝟓
÷
𝟑
𝟏𝟎 =
𝟐
𝟓
𝟏𝟎 𝟒
𝟑
=
(𝟐𝟎)
𝟖
𝟎
𝒙
(𝟏𝟓)
=
𝟒
𝟒𝟎
𝟑
𝟖 𝒙
Illustrative Example:

( ) ( ) ( )( )
𝒙 𝒙 𝒙 𝟒
𝟑𝟔 𝟑𝟔𝟎
𝟒 𝒙 𝟒
𝟔 𝟎
÷ = 𝟔𝒚 𝟒 = 𝟖 𝒙
𝟒
𝟔𝒙 𝐲
= 𝒙𝒚
𝟖𝟑𝒙
𝟔𝒚 𝟑𝟔 𝒙
𝟏𝒙 𝟑
Example:

=( ) ( )
𝟐 𝐱+𝟑 𝟑 𝐱+𝟒 𝒙 +𝟗𝐱 +𝟑 𝐱 +𝟒𝟓 𝒙
− −
𝟖𝐱 𝐱+𝟓 𝒙 +𝟗 𝟓 𝐱 𝐱 +𝟗𝟓 𝒙
𝟒𝟎𝟒 𝟎 (𝟓
(𝒙+𝟗)(𝒙+𝟑) 𝟒𝒙)( 𝟎𝟒𝒙+𝟒)𝟎
=𝟖(𝟓 𝒙)(
−
𝒙𝒙+𝟗) (𝟓 𝒙 𝟖 𝒙
)( 𝒙+𝟗)
𝟐𝟒𝟒 𝟎𝟒
𝒙 +𝟑 𝒙+𝟗 𝒙 +𝟐𝟕 −¿ +𝟐𝟎 𝒙¿
𝟐
𝟓𝒙
= (𝟓𝟖 𝒙
𝒙 )( 𝒙+𝟗)
𝒙𝟐𝟒𝟒 𝟎𝟒
+𝟑 𝒙+𝟗 𝒙+𝟐𝟕 − −𝟐𝟎 𝒙
𝟓𝒙 𝟐

= 𝟖
(𝟓 𝒙
𝒙)( 𝒙+𝟗)
𝟒𝟒 𝟎 𝟒𝟒
−𝟒𝒙 −𝟖 𝒙 +𝟐𝟕 𝒐𝒓 −𝟒𝒙 −𝟖 𝒙 +𝟐𝟕
𝟐 𝟐 𝟎
=𝟖 (𝟓 𝒙)( 𝒙𝒙+𝟗) 𝟖 𝟐
𝒙
𝟓 𝒙 +𝟒𝟓 𝒙