SOLUTION: I NEED HELP TO LEARN HOW TO SIMPLIFY THIS EQUATION X SQUARED+8X+15 DIVIDED BY X SQUARED +5X+6

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Question 194961: I NEED HELP TO LEARN HOW TO SIMPLIFY THIS EQUATION
X SQUARED+8X+15 DIVIDED BY X SQUARED +5X+6

Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, jim_thompson5910:
Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I NEED HELP TO LEARN HOW TO SIMPLIFY THIS EQUATION
X SQUARED+8X+15 DIVIDED BY X SQUARED +5X+6
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Factor (if possible) both trinomials.
= (x+3)*(x+5)/((x+3)*(x+2))
Cancel the (x+3)
= (x+5)/(x+2)
That's all that can be done.

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Please don't type in all uppercase. It's hard to read that way.



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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