document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=128609>Question 128609</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can you help explain how to simplify\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(x+2)^2/x^2-4 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Remember the factorization of the difference of two squares:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So:<BR>\n" );
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