SOLUTION: 2x^2-3x-20 / 4x^2-13x-12 = I tried to factor the bottom and the top and then kinda got stuck the directions say to reduce to lowest terms. I come up with (x-4)(2x+5) on top an

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Question 650332: 2x^2-3x-20 / 4x^2-13x-12 =
I tried to factor the bottom and the top and then kinda got stuck the directions say to reduce to lowest terms.
I come up with (x-4)(2x+5) on top and (x-4)(4x+3) I am just unsure where to go from here
Can you help please?
Found 2 solutions by solver91311, josmiceli:
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!


I'm just going to give you a hint: What is the value of ?

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Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
+%28%28x+-+4%29%2A%282x+%2B+5%29%29+%2F+%28%28x+-+4%29%2A%284x+%2B+3%29%29+
It helps to express it like this:
+%28%28x+-+4%29+%2F+%28x+-+4%29%29+%2A+%28%28+2x+%2B+5+%29+%2F+%28+4x+%2B+3+%29%29++
You can see that the 1st fraction is +1 , so
reduced to lowest terms this is
+%28+2x+%2B+5+%29+%2F+%28+4x+%2B+3+%29+