Question

How do you reduce the following to lowest rooms and then to mixed expressions?
x^2 - 16
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x (x - 4)

Answer 1

\[\frac{(x^2 - 16)}{x(x-4)}\]
Factor
\[ =\ \frac{(x-4)(x+4)}{x(x-4)}\]
\[=\frac{\cancel{(x-4)}(x+4)}{x\cancel{(x-4)}}\]
=?