document.write( "Question 163741This question is from textbook Biginning Algebra
\n" ); document.write( ": Please help, and show work I really want to learn how to do this correctly. Thank You. I need to factor this out\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " p^2 + 4p -5 / p-1
\n" ); document.write( " p^2 + 7p + 10 / p+4 \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #120622 by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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$\"%28p%5E2+%2B+4p+-5%29%2F%28p-1%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Look closely at the numerator, notice you can factor that to
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28%28p%2B5%29%28p-1%29%29%2F%28p-1%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "now you can see the (p-1)'s cancel leaving
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28p%5E2+%2B+7p+%2B+10%29%2F%28p%2B4%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "We can factor the numerator here too, but is not much help
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28%28p%2B2%29%28p%2B5%29%29%2F%28p%2B4%29\"$
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\n" ); document.write( "It occurs to me that this may be all one problem,
\n" ); document.write( "then invert the dividing fraction and multiply:
\n" ); document.write( "(p+5) * $\"%28%28p%2B4%29%29%2F%28%28p%2B2%29%28p%2B5%29%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Cancel (p+5)'s and you have
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