Question 384574
If you started with:
{{{(x^2-4) / (x-2)}}}
Notice, we can rewrite the numerator as:
{{{(x^2-2^2) / (x-2)}}}
Since, the numerator is now a "difference of squares" we can factor:
{{{((x-2)(x+2)) / (x-2)}}}
Canceling like-terms:
{{{x+2}}}