SOLUTION: This problem isn't from a textbook. It's from a practice booklet for a placement test I have to take. For all r does not = +/- 2, r squared - 5r + 6 / r squared - 4 = ?

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Question 145843: This problem isn't from a textbook. It's from a practice booklet for a placement test I have to take.
For all r does not = +/- 2, r squared - 5r + 6 / r squared - 4 = ?

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.


So simplifies to .


In other words, where or

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