Question

Rational Expressions:
Simplify:

Answer 1

"simplify" has no meaning but in this case it means "factor and cancel"
you get
\[\frac{x^2-9}{x^2+5x+6}\times \frac{1}{x+3}\]
\[=\frac{(x+3)(x-3)}{(x+2)(x+3)(x+3)}\] then cancel a factor of \(x+3\) top and bottom