SOLUTION: what is x^2-8x+15/x^2-9x+20?

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Question 238545: what is x^2-8x+15/x^2-9x+20?

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.


So simplifies to .


In other words,

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