document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=421433>Question 421433</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> ((4x^2 - 16)/(2-x)).  Again worked hard, I know the answer is  -4(x + 2) but I am not getting the steps to that answer.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4x^2 - 16<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2 - x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4(x^2 - 4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "---------- {factored 4 out of top, and flipped bottom around}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-x + 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4(x + 2)(x - 2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "--------------- {factored top into two binomials, and factored -1 out of bottom}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-1(x - 2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= -4(x + 2) {cancelled x - 2 on top and bottom}<BR>\n" );
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