Question 552186
{{{q^2 - 16 = (q+4)(q-4)}}}
You can either recognize that as a difference of two squares, or factor it with reverse FOIL.  Now the problem is simple.<P>
{{{(q+4)(q-4)/(q+4)(q+4) = (q-4)/(q+4)}}}
You cannot solve it further, because it isn't an equation.  But now it is simplified.
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