Question

Which factor can you cancel from the numerator and denominator to simplify 4x - 16 over 12 - 3x?

Answer 1

x-4 gets cancelled if you take 4 from above and 3 from denom.

Answer 2

4x-16=4(x-4) and 12-3x=-3(x-4) .. and cancel x-4

Answer 3

infact,,either -4 from num or -3 from denom..

Answer 4

That's what I thought. Thank you. :)

Answer 5

nevermind.. ;)