How do you factor and simplify \frac { x ^ { 2} + 2x - 8} { x ^ { 2} - 9} \times \frac { x + 3} { x + 4}?

1 Answer
Jul 24, 2017

(x-2)/(x+3)

Explanation:

(x^2+2x-8)/(x^2-9) * (x+3)/(x+4)

This factors out to [cancel((x+4))(x-2)]/[(x-3)cancel((x+3))] * cancel(x+3)/cancel(x+4)

This simplifies to (x-2)/(x+3)