SOLUTION: how to Simplifying a ratio of polynomials like 3v^2-48/v^2-6v+8

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Question 354002: how to Simplifying a ratio of polynomials like 3v^2-48/v^2-6v+8
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Hello,
This 3v^2-48/v^2-6v+8 can be rewritten as:
3(v^2-16)/(v-2)(v-4)
Now the numerator can be rewritten as:
3(v-4)(v+4)/(v-2)(v-4)
Then we can cancel out to give us:
3(v+4)/(v-2)
Make sense?
RJ
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