document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=170497>Question 170497</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Choose values of x to show that 2x^2-32/x-4 does not simplify to 2x-8. Then, simplify it correctly.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I simplified it and got that the correct answer is 2x+8. I do not know how to choose values of x to show that 2x-8 is incorrect.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thank you for any help you can provide. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Assume [2x^2-32/x-4] = [2x-8]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Test x = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You get [(0-32)/(0-4)] = [0-8]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "or [-32/-4] = [-8]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "or 8 = -8 , which is wrong.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This shows that the assumed equality is not true.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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