SOLUTION: solve for x. (answer I got was either Xsquared-2x-6x+12 or zero?) ...____4____...= 1 -..._1_ .... X2+8X+12........... X+6

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Question 32337: solve for x. (answer I got was either Xsquared-2x-6x+12 or zero?)

...____4____...= 1 -..._1_
.... X2+8X+12........... X+6
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____4____...= 1 -..._1_
X2+8X+12........... X+6
4/(x+2)(x+6) = (x+5)/(x+6)
=> (x^2+7x+10) = 4
=> (x+6)(x+1) = 0
=> x=-6 or x=-1