SOLUTION: reduce each expression to lowest terms -2x-8/x^2+2x-8

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Question 307857: reduce each expression to lowest terms
-2x-8/x^2+2x-8
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-2x-8/x^2+2x-8
-2(x+4) / x^2 +4x-2x-8
-2(x+4) / x(x+4)-2(x+4)
-2(x+4) / (x-2)(x+4)
-2/ (x-2)