document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=370110>Question 370110</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> x^2 - 4x / x^2 - 5x - 36\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "simplify the given rational expression completely. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "This fraction will not simplify. To simplify a fraction you factor the numerator and denominator and reduce the fraction, if they have factors in common.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Factoring your fraction:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "As you can see, there are no factors to cancel. (I suspect that one of the minus signs should be a plus sign.) </SPAN>\n" );
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