How do you multiply (8x)/(2x+6) *(x+3)/(x^2)8x2x+6x+3x2?

1 Answer
Apr 7, 2015

Simplify the expression
(8x)/(2x+6) * (x+3)/(x^2)8x2x+6x+3x2

as
( (8)(x)(x+3) )/((2)(x+3)(x)(x))(8)(x)(x+3)(2)(x+3)(x)(x)

( cancel((8))^4cancel((x))cancel((x+3)) )/(cancel((2))cancel((x+3))cancel((x))(x))(8)4(x)(x+3)(2)(x+3)(x)(x)

=4/x=4x