Question

How do you simplify `(2 + x - x^2)/(6 + 7x + x^2)`?

Answer 1

`((-x+2))/((x+6))`

Explanation:

`(2+x-x^2)/(6+7x+x^2)`

`:.=(-1(x-2)(cancel(x+1)^color(red)1))/((cancel(x+1)^color(red)1)(x+6))`

`:.=(-1(x-2))/((x+6))`

`:.=((-x+2))/((x+6))`