SOLUTION: Please help me solve this equation 5x^2+17x-12/x^4-256

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Question 387735: Please help me solve this equation 5x^2+17x-12/x^4-256
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is not an equation (no = sign) it is an expression!
Expressions cannot be "solved" but they can, perhaps, be simplified. Is this what you wanted to do to this expression?
Simplify:
%285x%5E2%2B17x-12%29%2F%28x%5E4-256%29 Factor the numerator and the denominator.
%28%285x-3%29cross%28%28x%2B4%29%29%29%2F%28x-4%29cross%28%28x%2B4%29%29%28x%5E2%2B16%29%29 Cancel the indicated factors.
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