SOLUTION: How do you simplify a rational problem like this: 2x^2+6x+4/4x^2-12x-16, whats the answer for this problem?
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Question 152263: How do you simplify a rational problem like this: 2x^2+6x+4/4x^2-12x-16, whats the answer for this problem?
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, where or
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