document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=833345>Question 833345</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 	Simplify   (a)    (x(x+3)-3(x-1))/(x^2+3)    \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                    (b)    (x^2-x-6)/(x-3)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I'll help you with the first one:<BR>\n" );
document.write( " (x(x+3)-3(x-1))/(x^2+3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Expand the numerator:<BR>\n" );
document.write( " (x^2+3x)-3x+3/(x^2+3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Combine like terms:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x^2+3)/(x^2+3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "as we can see this equals 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Make sense?<BR>\n" );
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