SOLUTION: Express the rational expression in lowest terms (3x+3)/(15x^2+24x=9)

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Question 334639: Express the rational expression in lowest terms
(3x+3)/(15x^2+24x=9)


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(3x+3)/(15x^2+24x+9)
solution:
(3x+3) =3(x+1)
15x^2 +24x+9 =3(5x^2+8x+3)
=3(x+1)(5x+3) by factoring
(3x+3)/(15x^2+24x+9)

=3(x+1)/3(x+1)(5x+3)
=1/(5x+3)