SOLUTION: please help Simplify: Simplify: 16 - x^2 / x^3 - 2x^2

SOLUTION: please help Simplify: Simplify: 16 - x^2 / x^3 - 2x^2 - 8x

Question 22086: please help
Simplify:
Simplify: 16 - x^2 / x^3 - 2x^2 - 8x

Answer by rapaljer(4671) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Factor the numerator and denominator. The numerator is the difference of two squares, and the denominator has a common factor, which is also a trinomial:

The denominator factors again:

Notice that the (4-x) and the (x-4) are negatives of one another, so they divide out, leaving a factor of -1 in the numerator:

or

R^2 at SCC

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