Question

Simplify & Evaluate Expressions

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Answer 1

@bibby yo can u help me

Answer 2

can you factor the bottom

Answer 3

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Answer 4

@bibby

Answer 5

and the top?

Answer 6

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Answer 7

so now we have, \(\huge \frac{(x-3)(x-18)}{(x+18)(x-3)}\) can we cancel anything?

Answer 8

yes

Answer 9

so what are we left with

Answer 10

Bibby to tell u that i havent learned this but I may somewhat have a understanding.

Answer 11

basically if the terms are being multiplied we can cancel them out like so:
\(\huge \frac{\cancel{(x-3)}(x-18)}{(x+18)\cancel{(x-3)}}\)

Answer 12

A or b

Answer 13

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