Grammar in mathematics is important so that the question cannot be misunderstood.
The question is asking for the solution to 1/(x + 8) + 6/(x - 8).
Where fractions are being added or subtracted then the denominators need converting to a common denominator. With numbers this new denominator would be the Lowest Common Multiple. With algebraic terms then simply take the product.
The common multiple of (x + 8) and (x - 8) is (x + 8)(x - 8) = x2 - 82
1/(x + 8) = 1 x (x - 8)/x2 - 82 = x - 8/x2 - 82
6/(x - 8) = 6 x (x + 8)/x2 - 82 = 6x + 48/x2 - 82
1/(x + 8) + 6/(x - 8) = x - 8/x2 - 82 + 6x + 48/x2 - 82 = 7x + 40/x2 - 82
Two over eight plus four over eight plus one over eight equals seven over eight
seven over eight
5 over 9.
13 over 14
5 over 8
That would be 7/8.
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15 over 16
The solution to three minus negative one over two plus seven is 21/2. In decimal form, the solution is 10.5.
1 minus 25/28 is 3/28
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First point to make is a minus minus = a plus so your sum becomes an eighth plus a sixth. Next you need to apply a common denominator. In the case of eight and six this would be 24 so the sum is now 3 24ths plus 4 24ths = 7/24 or 0.29166667 as a decimal