SOLUTION: x^2+5x+6 4x solve for x --------.-- x^2-4x x+2

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Question 195124: x^2+5x+6 4x solve for x
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x^2-4x x+2

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You can't solve for "x" (this is not an equation), but you can simplify.


Start with the given expression.


Factor to get .


Factor to get .


Combine the fractions.


Highlight the common terms.


Cancel out the common terms.


Simplify.


Distribute


So simplifies to .


In other words, where , , or

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