SOLUTION: Before I go completely insane, would somebody help me with this expression? x^2 - 12x + 32/x^2 - 6x -16 divided by x^2-x-12/x^2-5x-24 thank you. Please help.

Question 158890: Before I go completely insane, would somebody help me with this expression?
x^2 - 12x + 32/x^2 - 6x -16 divided by x^2-x-12/x^2-5x-24
thank you. Please help.
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Assume the problem is:

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First remember your grade school rules on fractions:
"Invert the dividing fraction and multiply", so we have:
*
:
Factor as much as we can and see what we have:
*
:
Two of the (x-8)'s will cancel, (x-4)'s will cancel, we then have
*
;
Do the same with (x+3)'s
* (x-8) =
:
did this makes sense to you? has your sanity been preserved? Hope so!
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