SOLUTION: Reduce each expression to lowest terms. 102. -2x – 8 x2 + 2x – 8

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Question 168685: Reduce each expression to lowest terms.

102. -2x – 8
x2 + 2x – 8

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Start with the given expression.


Factor the GCF -2 from 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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