Help with these please?!

Question

Simplify the complex expression:
-3
---
5
- + y
x

and

2
-- + 2
x+4
----------
3
-- + 1
x+4

I cannot decipher what you meant to type. Try using parentheses instead of changing to a new line for fractions.

-3/[(5/x)+y]

(2/x+4)+2 over [3/(x+4)]+1