SOLUTION: reduce the expression to lowest terms -2x-8 ------- x^+2x-8

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Question 322530: reduce the expression to lowest terms
-2x-8
-------
x^+2x-8
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Factor a out of the numerator binomial and factor the quadratic denominator.



Eliminate factors common to both numerator and denominator:



And that should be sufficient. However if the minus sign in the numerator is aesthetically unpleasing, multiply by



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