This week, we solved rational equations

Note that this is different from last week, where we only simplified rational expressions.

Simplifying looks like this:

 

 

And solving looks like this:

 

 

 

 

The major difference here is the equal sign that is present when solving vs no equal sign when simplifying.

A common issue with solving ration expressions is how to add together two or more fractions when they have different denominators. Simply remove the denominator like so