Question

y^2+y-20/y+5 ?

Answer 1

\[\frac{ y^2+y-20 }{ y+5 }\]

Answer 2

My Teacher went really fast today. Can someone explain the steps?

Answer 3

factors of -20??

that add up to -1 ?

Answer 4

first factor the top (y+5)(y-4) then you can cancel out the y+5

Answer 5

so all you're left with is y-4

Answer 6

He was showing us how to do it using a method that looked just like long division.