Question

What is the simplified form of (y2-y-12)/(y2-2y-15) ?

Answer 1

factor the numerator into: (y-4)(y+3)
factor the denominator into: (y-5)(y+3)
Since you can cancel out the common factor of (y+3), the result is:\[\frac{y-4}{y-5}\]
[there is still the restraint that y cannot be -3, but that probably doesn't matter here.]

Answer 2

great, thats what i got too :) thanks!

Answer 3

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