document.write( "Question 421439: I am homeschooled and I have worked on this problem for hours. My mom finally gave me the answer but I don't seem to know how to do the steps correctly to get the answer. If I put my work in here it would take up all the space, so here is the question and the answer. I need the steps.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "((2x^2 - 10x)/ (x^2 +8x +16)) ((4x + 16)/ (x^2 - 25)) the answer is((8x/ (x +4) (x+5)) but again no matter how many times I try the steps are wrong. \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #294392 by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) $\"\"$ $\"About$

You can put this solution on YOUR website!
$\"%28%282x%5E2+-+10x%29%2F+%28x%5E2+%2B8x+%2B16%29%29\"$ * $\"%28%284x+%2B+16%29%2F+%28x%5E2+-+25%29%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( ":
\n" ); document.write( "we can do a lot of factoring here, one denominator is a perfect square, one is the difference of squares
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%282x%28x+-+5%29%29%2F+%28%28x%2B4%29%28x%2B4%29%29\"$ * $\"%284%28x+%2B+4%29%29%2F+%28%28x-5%29%28x%2B5%29%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( ":
\n" ); document.write( "Cancel x-5 and x+4, results:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%282x%29%2F+%28%28x%2B4%29%29\"$ * $\"4%2F+%28%28x%2B5%29%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( ":
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%282x%29%2F+%28%28x%2B4%29%29\"$ * $\"4%2F+%28%28x%2B5%29%29\"$ = $\"%288x%29%2F%28x%2B4%29%28x%2B5%29%29\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

\n" );