document.write( "Question 473358: [[4x+6]/[2x+8]] how would you simplify a fraction like this or like [8r^2-8r] / [2r-2]
\n" ); document.write( "i dont know if it would be right to simplify but changing [for the first equation] 6 to 3 and 8 to 2 VERY confused
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Algebra.Com's Answer #324604 by stanbon(75887)\"\" \"About 
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[[4x+6]/[2x+8]] how would you simplify a fraction like this
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\n" ); document.write( "You need to factor the numerator and the denominator:
\n" ); document.write( "[2(2x+3)]/[2(x+4)]
\n" ); document.write( "Then cancel any factor that is common to the numerator and the denominator:
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\n" ); document.write( "[8r^2-8r] / [2r-2]
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\n" ); document.write( "[8r(r^2-1)] / [2(r-1)]
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\n" ); document.write( "= [8r(r-1)(r+1)]/[2(r-1)]
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\n" ); document.write( "Cancel the common 2 and the common r-1 factors to get:
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\n" ); document.write( "= [4r(r+1)]
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