Add and Subtract Rational Expressions with a Common Denominator · Exercise 37

Sarah ran 8 miles and then biked 24 miles. Her biking speed is 4 mph faster than her running speed. If $r$ represents Sarah’s speed when she ran, then her running time is modeled by the expression $\frac{8}{r}$ and her biking time is modeled by the expression $\frac{24}{r+4}.$ Add the rational expressions $\frac{8}{r}+\frac{24}{r+4}$ to get an expression for the total amount of time Sarah ran and biked.

OpenStax, Elementary Algebra 2e · §8.3 Add and Subtract Rational Expressions with a Common Denominator · Exercise 37