SOLUTION: i do not understand how to simplify {{{z^2-10z+24/z^2+4z-32}}}

Question 609823: i do not understand how to simplify
Answer by jsmallt9(3758) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

As posted, there is only one thing you can do. Combine the -10z and 4z terms:

But I suspect that the problem is supposed to be:

If so, please put parentheses around multiple term numerators and denominators. Since the numerator and denominator of

are already simplified, all we can do with this is reduce the fraction. Reducing fractions involves canceling factors. So we need to factor first:

Now that we can see the factors we can see that there is a common factor to cancel:

leaving:

This is the simplified fraction.
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