SOLUTION: I do not understand how to solve the following: x squared + 5x + 4 OVER (x + 3)squared DIVIDED BY x + 1 OVER x squared minus 9 Please show me how to go about solving this. Than

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: I do not understand how to solve the following:
x squared + 5x + 4 OVER (x + 3)squared DIVIDED BY x + 1 OVER x squared minus 9
Please show me how to go about solving this. Thank you.
This question is from textbook Algebra

Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x squared + 5x + 4 OVER (x + 3)squared DIVIDED BY x + 1 OVER x squared minus 9
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This is how I see this expression, however, it's not an equation, so we can't solve it, just simplify and do the math:
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Remember when we are dividing fractions; invert the divisor and multiply:
*
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Factor everything that we can:
*
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Cancel: (x+1) and (x+3)
* =

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