SOLUTION: Please help me with rational expressions. ( (x^2 + x - 6) / (x^2 - x + 12) ) / ( (x^2 + x - 20) / (x^2

SOLUTION: Please help me with rational expressions. ( (x^2 + x - 6) / (x^2 - x + 12) ) / ( (x^2 + x - 20) / (x^2 - 4x + 4) )

Question 240635: Please help me with rational expressions.
( (x^2 + x - 6) / (x^2 - x + 12) ) / ( (x^2 + x - 20) / (x^2 - 4x + 4) )
Answer by rapaljer(4671) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Invert the denominator and multiply:

Now, FACTOR, FACTOR, FACTOR:
*

Strangely enough, the first denominator does NOT factor (are you sure you didn't copy this wrong???), and no factors divide out. The final answer here is really UGLY, and I doubt if it is correct.

Dr. Robert J. Rapalje, Retired
Seminole State College of Florida
Altamonte Springs Campus

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