Find all the solutions to
\frac{x+4}{x+5} = \frac{x-3}{2} + \frac{x + 7}{5}
First, let's multiply by the LCM of the denominators. This will get rid of all the denominators and leave us with a nice clean sheet. We get
10(x+4)=5(x−3)(x+5)+2(x+7)(x+5)
Doing the painful process of multiplying out and combining all like terms, we get
10x+40=7x2+34x−5
Moving all terms to one side and combining all like terms, we get
7x2+24x−45=0
Now, applying the quadratic equation, we find that
x1,2=−24±√242−4⋅7(−45)2⋅7
The 2 values of x are x=3(√51−4)7,x=−3(4+√51)7
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