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Question 656859
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How do you simplify this please?
x^2-16/3x-12
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Presuming you meant:
rather than
or one of the other two interpretations of your ambiguous rendering, then:
Step 1: Factor the difference of two squares in the numerator.
Step 2: Factor a 3 out of the denominator binomial.
Step 3: Eliminate the factor that is now common to both numerator and denominator.
Next time use parentheses to group your numerator and denominator quantities, thus, in this case:
(x^2 - 16)/(3x - 12)
John
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