What is (x^2+2x-8)/(x^2-16) ?

The solution to (x^2+2x-8)/(x^2-16) is (x-2)/(x-4)

English

Español

Português

Français

Deutsch

Italiano

Русский

中文(简体)

한국어

日本語

Tiếng Việt

עברית

العربية

Popular >

simplify (x^2+2x-8)/(x^2-16)

simplify

\frac{x ^{2} + 2 x - 8}{x ^{2} - 16}

\frac{x - 2}{x - 4}

Solution steps

\frac{x ^{2} + 2 x - 8}{x ^{2} - 16}

Factor

x^{2} + 2 x - 8 : (x - 2) (x + 4)

= \frac{( x - 2 ) ( x + 4 )}{x ^{2} - 16}

Factor

x^{2} - 16 : (x + 4) (x - 4)

= \frac{( x - 2 ) ( x + 4 )}{( x + 4 ) ( x - 4 )}

Cancel the common factor:

x + 4

= \frac{x - 2}{x - 4}

\frac{t ^{2} - 5 t + 6}{t ^{2} - t - 2}

x^{2} + x - 110

- a

2 y

2 \frac{1}{5} - 1 \frac{1}{4}

What is (x^2+2x-8)/(x^2-16) ?
The solution to (x^2+2x-8)/(x^2-16) is (x-2)/(x-4)