Use the five-step strategy for solving word problems to find the number or
numbers described in the following exercise.
one number exceeds another by 7. the sum of the numbers is -5. what are the
numbers?

If this is on plato/edmentum your answer is 4.

the simplified form is

step-by-step explanation:

we want to simplify the expression,

let us change the middle bar to a normal division sign to obtain,

we multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction to obtain,

we factor to obtain,

we cancel the common factors to get,

we simplify to get,

the correct answer is b

25% is the answer