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Jun 10, 2017

$\frac{x - 3}{x - 2}$ $(x-3)/(x-2)$

Explanation:

$factorise the numerator/denominator$ $"factorise the numerator/denominator"$

$\Rightarrow \frac{x^{2} - x - 6}{x^{2} - 4}$ $rArr(x^2-x-6)/(x^2-4)$

$=((x-3)cancel((x+2)))/((x-2)cancel((x+2)))$

$=(x-3)/(x-2)to(x!=2)$

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