Can anyone help me with rational expressions?

Add some parentheses. so I’m clear on what the problem should read, and I’ll see what I can do…

1. ( 7/y^2+4y+3)/ ( 1/y+3)+( 4 /y+1). It should be 7 over y squared plus 4y plus 3, over 1over y plus 3 with a plus sign then 4 over y plus 3. The second one reads ( 8y/ y^2 +12y+27)+( 4/y+3). It should reas in the fraction form of 8y over y squared plus 12 y, plus 27 + 4 over y+3.

Still too few parentheses. Is it (7/(y^2+4y+3)) / ((1/(y+3))+(4/(y+1)))?

If so, then factor y^2+4y+3 and you’ll see what you need to do.

Similarly for the second one.

Ther are no parentheses in these problems. I figured out that y^2+4y+3 needs to be factored out which would help give me the lcd.

(1 / A) + (4 / B) = (B + 4 * A) / A * B;

(7 / A * B) / ((B + 4 * A) / A * B) = (7 / A * B) * (A * B / (B + 4 * A));

Cancel A * B in the denominator of the first fraction with the A * B in the numerator of the second.