document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=296704>Question 296704</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Reduce the rational expression to lowest terms.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "      2x + 6 / 2x squared + 14x + 24 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's first rewrite this 2x + 6 / 2x squared + 14x + 24 as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x + 6 / 2x^2 + 14x + 24 Both top and bottom and be factored as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(x+3)/2(x+3)(x+4) The (x+3) and 2  cancel out to leave us:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/(x+4)<BR>\n" );
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