Question

How would I go about solving the following:
Lim 2x squared + 5x +2
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x squared + 2x -8
x-> -2

Answer 1

So it looks a bit better, we're talking about:

\[\lim_{x \rightarrow -2} \frac{2x^2 + 5x + 2}{x^2 + 2x - 8}\]

Answer 2

I started by factoring it and got
\[\left[ (x+4)(x+5) \right]\div\left[ (x-4)(x+2) \right]\]
The think is that I can not get rid of anything on the bottom. What do I do.