Question

Simplify...
(y^2 + 7x + 12)/(y^2 - 3y - 18)

Answer 1

I think it is (y - 4)/y + 6)

Answer 2

haha lol i just dont like to be rusty at ma algebra lolz

Answer 3

Have you typed your question correctly?

Answer 4

Are you sure that is \(7x\) ??

Answer 5

7y* lol

Answer 6

first factor den..

Answer 7

you are to factor the top and bottom.
How do you get a negative (negative 4) on the top, when you factor a trinomial with all positive terms?

Answer 8

I think you have switched the signs.. :P

Answer 9

i'm out O_O

Answer 10

and i meant y + 4/y - 6 my bad lolz

Answer 11

Good.. :P

Answer 12

:P focus on study

Answer 13

yes that si correct.

Answer 14

So many typos today for me /.o

Answer 15

I make typos all the time. I am the typo-king:P

Answer 16

lol ive been doing typos alot for the past few weeks lol

Answer 17

And undead, a typo-queen.. :P

But not yours @SolomonZelman :P

Answer 18

please close this question now
i'm futurist mod

Answer 19

Why must i be a queen =.=

Answer 20

(y+3) (y-6)

Answer 21

@Juando come again. :P

Answer 22

thanks lol hahha

Answer 23

lol @waterineyes that was a typo too! He meant 4!

Answer 24

Ima give him a medal because i support newbies XD

Answer 25

kaha sy aya ye tapo
kis nay bana ye tapyo

Answer 26

lol....
my theory:
the keyboard though, is set in such a way, that all your typos are recognizable as typos if you are not clicking Shift hard enough. (like = and + )

If you just click a wrong bottom, like "this" - like "thus", then it doesn't look like typo....

Answer 27

jk

Answer 28

I support this theory..
*chants* Solomon Theory...Solomon Theory *chants*

Answer 29

Also "x" and "y" are placed very far away from each other.. @undeadknight26 :P

Answer 30

he probably though it was latex.

Answer 31

what @waterineyes

Answer 32

in latex, a space would be ~, but not .

Answer 33

@Juando , I mean (y+3) ?? Are you sure?

Answer 34

He meant y + 4!!!

Answer 35

@undeadknight26 talking to Juando.. :P

Answer 36

So am i :p
#defendingthenewbie

Answer 37

yeah @waterineyes

Answer 38

@undeadknight26 he meant y+3 only.. :P

Answer 39

(y^2 + 7x + 12)/ (y^2 - 3y - 18)
(y+3)(y+4) / (y+3)(y-6)
(y+4) / (y-6)

Answer 40

just to avoid confusion, verified it again.

Answer 41

@Juando how you got y+3 still??
(y+3) will cancel out no??

Answer 42

so nice of you @SolomonZelman thanks for that.. :P

Answer 43

(unless you are trying to find the domain restriction, assuming that y is the input variable.
this is a weird set up though, to set y as input)

Answer 44

yw, waterinmyeyes.

Answer 45

Now you are going to technicalities of the question. :P

Answer 46

I like doing that sometimes.

Answer 47

*into

Answer 48

won't overwhelm too much with this question that is already solved. Yw, and see y'all....