SOLUTION: Hello........Can someone help me with this one? Reduce the given expression to lowest terms. 3x^(2)+7x+2/4x^(2)-16

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Question 205391: Hello........Can someone help me with this one?
Reduce the given expression to lowest terms.
3x^(2)+7x+2/4x^(2)-16

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Start with the given expression.


Factor to get .


Factor to get .


Highlight the common terms.


Cancel out the common terms.


Simplify.


Distribute


So simplifies to .


In other words,

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