SOLUTION: Can you help explain how to simplify (x+2)^2/x^2-4

Question 128609: Can you help explain how to simplify
(x+2)^2/x^2-4
Found 2 solutions by checkley71, solver91311:
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(X+2)^2/(X^2-4)
(X+2)(X+2)/(X+2)(X-2) CANCEL OUT THE (X+2) TERM
(X+2)/(X-2)
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Remember the factorization of the difference of two squares:

So: